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TI-2025-13446 Aliases CVE-2025-14728GHSA-fh4j-chp9-mvg5

Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Priority LOW 31CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · High · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Rapid7 Velociraptor versions before 0.75.6 contain a directory traversal issue on Linux servers that allows a rogue client to upload a file which is written outside the datastore directory. Velociraptor is normally only allowed to write in the datastore directory. The issue occurs due to insufficient sanitization of directory names which end with a ".", only encoding the final "." AS "%2E". Although files can be written to incorrect locations, the containing directory must end with "%2E". This limits the impact of this vulnerability, and prevents it from overwriting critical files.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0056 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Velociraptor (Rapid7): 0.75.6

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Rapid7Velociraptorbefore 0.75.60.75.6Patch availableCNA
  • Velociraptor VendorRapid7 Affected before 0.75.6 Fixed in 0.75.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.75.6VulnerableRapid7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*not specified by NVDRunning onLinux
  • cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.75.6 Vulnerable ·Rapid7
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Velociraptor (Rapid7) Fixed in 0.75.6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-14728
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fh4j-chp9-mvg5

References

Exploit 1

  • 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-2025-05666 Velociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifact CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5
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Sources

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