Velociraptor Client ID Spoofing
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-287.
Summary
Due to a bug in the handling of the communication between the client and server, it was possible for one client, already registered with their own client ID, to send messages to the server claiming to come from another client ID. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Velociraptor (Rapid7) Fixed in 0.6.5-2
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Rapid7 Velociraptor 0.6.5-2
4 records Highest priority Priority LOW 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2022-16103 Unsafe HTML Injection in Artifact Collection ReportPriority LOW 28
- TI-2022-16104 Filesystem race on temporary filesPriority LOW 24
- TI-2022-16105 XSS in User InterfacePriority LOW 23
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-35629
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-77f9-jv8v-xrjp
References
More Rapid7 Velociraptor vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-05481 Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-05514 Velociraptor Query() Plugin Misapplies Permissions To Orgs CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-04661 Rapid7 Velociraptor Improper Input Validation in Client Message Handler CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.5
- TI-2023-00229 Insufficient permission check in the VQL copy() function CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-06659 GetUserRoles API endpoint allows any authenticated user to enumerate ACL policies across all organizations CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2025-13446 Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.8
Sources
- CVE-2022-35629 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-35629 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-77f9-jv8v-xrjp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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