GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Velociraptor vulnerable to privilege escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
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).
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-6264 is rated Exploit Available (55.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.28%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-16 | 0.05% | 0.28% | +0.22% |
| 2 | 2026-01-14 | 0.04% | 0.05% | +0.01% |
| 3 | 2025-11-21 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (14 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.3 | 3.7 | [email protected] |
GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24 · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: go — Velociraptor vulnerable to privilege escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-6264/ |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| rapid7 | velociraptor | < 0.74.3 | cpe:2.3:a:rapid7:velociraptor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-6264/ | Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/08/26/velociraptor-incident-response-tool-abused-for-remote-access/ | Exploit Third Party Advisory |