---
id: CVE-2026-61729
title: >-
  SOCFortress CoPilot: Hardcoded Default Header Secret - Unauthenticated
  Active-Response Invocation and Alert Injection
summary: >-
  SOCFortress CoPilot focuses on providing a single pane of glass for all your
  security operations needs. Prior to 0.1.76, `verify_graylog_header` in
  `backend/app/active_response/routes/graylog.py` and
  `verify_velociraptor_header` in `back…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.4
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H'
cvssSource: cna
cwe:
  - CWE-306
  - CWE-798
vendor: socfortress
product: CoPilot
affected:
  - CoPilot < 0.1.76
ssvc:
  exploitation: poc
  automatable: 'yes'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T21:36:11.291669Z'
exploitAvailable: true
published: '2026-10-30'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T21:36:29.031Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-61729'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/security/advisories/GHSA-x8gc-f8p4-frc2
    label: >-
      https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/security/advisories/GHSA-x8gc-f8p4-frc2
  - url: 'https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/pull/939'
    label: 'https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/pull/939'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/commit/1b2c3f97243988301285b395ce4239769c66bd9e
    label: >-
      https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/commit/1b2c3f97243988301285b395ce4239769c66bd9e
  - url: 'https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/tree/v0.1.76'
    label: 'https://github.com/socfortress/CoPilot/tree/v0.1.76'
tags:
  - cve.org
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.00376
epssPercentile: 0.31736
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T16:07:30.305Z'
---

## Overview

SOCFortress CoPilot focuses on providing a single pane of glass for all your security operations needs. Prior to 0.1.76, `verify_graylog_header` in `backend/app/active_response/routes/graylog.py` and `verify_velociraptor_header` in `backend/app/incidents/routes/incident_alert.py` authenticate webhooks against `GRAYLOG_API_HEADER_VALUE` and `VELOCIRAPTOR_API_HEADER_VALUE` with the same publicly hardcoded fallback. The same default is shipped in `.env.example`. Deployments that leave either setting unset or unchanged permit an anonymous caller with the known header value to bypass the JWT authentication required by normal APIs. `POST /api/graylog/invoke` forwards attacker-selected `COMMAND`, `ACTION`, `VALUE` and `AGENT_ID` to the configured Wazuh manager without the command-enum validation of the authenticated invocation route, allowing active-response scripts to disrupt endpoints and manipulate defensive controls. `POST /api/incidents/alerts/create/threshold` and `POST /api/incidents/alerts/create/velo-sigma` accept forged alerts for arbitrary `customer_code` values and drive attacker-controlled OpenSearch queries. Active-response delivery requires a configured reachable Wazuh manager. Deployments with independently changed header secrets are not subject to this default-secret bypass. This issue is fixed in version 0.1.76.

## Affected

- `CoPilot < 0.1.76`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.