Velociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Velociraptor allows collection of VQL queries packaged into Artifacts from endpoints. These artifacts can be used to do anything and usually run with elevated permissions. To limit access to some dangerous artifact, Velociraptor allows for those to require high permissions like EXECVE to launch. The Admin.Client.UpdateClientConfig is an artifact used to update the client's configuration. This artifact did not enforce an additional required permission, allowing users with COLLECT_CLIENT permissions (normally given by the "Investigator" role) to collect it from endpoints and update the configuration. This can lead to arbitrary command execution and endpoint takeover. To successfully exploit this vulnerability the user must already have access to collect artifacts from the endpoint (i.e. have the COLLECT_CLIENT given typically by the "Investigator' role).
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapid7 | Velociraptor | before 0.74.3 | 0.74.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go) | before 0.74.3 | 0.74.3 | Patch available | GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24 |
- Velociraptor VendorRapid7 Affected before 0.74.3 Fixed in 0.74.3 Patch available CNA
- www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go) Vendor— Affected before 0.74.3 Fixed in 0.74.3 Patch available GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Velociraptor (Rapid7) Fixed in 0.74.3
- Fix · GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24 www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go) Fixed in 0.74.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-6264
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24
References
Exploit 2
Advisory 2
Other 5
- https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor/commit/21e7fd7138ddaa798cad35fd929864f6bb0c4e9c
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks
- https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-6264
- https://github.com/Velocidex/velociraptor
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/08/26/velociraptor-incident-response-tool-abused-for-remote-access
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-2025-6264 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-6264 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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