CVE-2023-2226 Velociraptor crashes while parsing some malformed PE or OLE files.

Low 3.3 Published 21 Apr 2023 Updated 4 Feb 2025

An attacker can crash the Velociraptor service by introducing malformed PE or OLE files during artifact collection, causing a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2023-2226?

CVE-2023-2226 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 21 Apr 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Due to insufficient validation in the PE and OLE parsers in Rapid7's Velociraptor versions earlier than 0.6.8 allows attacker to crash Velociraptor during parsing of maliciously malformed files.

For this attack to succeed, the attacker needs to be able to introduce malicious files to the system at the same time that Velociraptor attempts to collect any artifacts that attempt to parse PE files, Authenticode signatures, or OLE files. After crashing, the Velociraptor service will restart and it will still be possible to collect other artifacts.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-2226?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapid7 Velociraptor.

How do I fix CVE-2023-2226?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-2226 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2023-2226 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-2226 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-97vg-58wg-32x4.