CVE-2025-6264 Velociraptor priviledge escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
Attackers with Investigator role can bypass permission checks to update client configs, leading to arbitrary command execution and endpoint takeover.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-6264?
CVE-2025-6264 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Rapid7 Velociraptor, published on 20 Jun 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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).
Weakness: CWE-276
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-6264?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor Go | All versions | 0.74.3 |
www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor Go | All versions | 0.74.3 |
www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor Go | All versions | 0.74.3 |
Products include Rapid7 Velociraptor.
How do I fix CVE-2025-6264?
Upgrade www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor to 0.74.3 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-6264 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-6264 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Rapid7 Velociraptor
- CVE-2023-0242 Insufficient permission check in the VQL copy() function
- CVE-2023-5950 Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS
- CVE-2026-5329 Rapid7 Velociraptor Improper Input Validation in Client Message Handler
- CVE-2026-6290 Velociraptor Query() Plugin Misapplies Permissions To Orgs
- CVE-2025-14728 Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24, GO-2025-3768.