CVE-2025-0914 Velociraptor Shell Plugin Prevent_execve Bypass
Authenticated users can bypass the prevent_execve security restriction to execute arbitrary commands in Velociraptor deployments where this non-default setting is enabled.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-0914?
CVE-2025-0914 is a low-severity vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 27 Feb 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An improper access control issue in the VQL shell feature in Velociraptor Versions < 0.73.4 allowed authenticated users to execute the execve() plugin in deployments where this was explicitly forbidden by configuring the prevent_execve flag in the configuration file. This setting is not usually recommended and is uncommonly used, so this issue will only affect users who do set it. This issue is fixed in release 0.73.4.
Weakness: CWE-281
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0914?
How do I fix CVE-2025-0914?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2025-0914 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0914 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3q7x-q7fm-whrm.