# CVE-2025-14728: Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability

> A rogue client can write files outside the datastore directory on Linux servers due to insufficient sanitization of directory names ending with a dot.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh4j-chp9-mvg5

## What is CVE-2025-14728?

CVE-2025-14728 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 29 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14728?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rapid7 Velociraptor.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14728?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Rapid7 Velociraptor

- [CVE-2023-0242](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0242/): Insufficient permission check in the VQL copy() function (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-5950](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5950/): Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2026-5329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-5329/): Rapid7 Velociraptor Improper Input Validation in Client Message Handler (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2026-6290](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-6290/): Velociraptor Query() Plugin Misapplies Permissions To Orgs (high 8.0)
- [CVE-2022-35630](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-35630/): Unsafe HTML Injection in Artifact Collection Report (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14728 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14728 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 29 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Rapid7 Velociraptor. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14728/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14728
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14728
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14728

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14728/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.