Rapid7 Velociraptor up to 0.75.5 on Linux path traversal

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A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Rapid7 Velociraptor up to 0.75.5 on Linux. The affected element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-14728. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Rapid7 Velociraptor up to 0.75.5 on Linux. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The advisory is shared for download at docs.velociraptor.app. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-14728 since 12/15/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 0.75.6 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-205647). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Rapid7

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• Velociraptor

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• 0.75.0
• 0.75.1
• 0.75.2
• 0.75.3
• 0.75.4
• 0.75.5

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• commercial

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