CVE-2026-7572 Velociraptor EVTX Parser — Process Crash via Crafted .evtx File

What is CVE-2026-7572?

CVE-2026-7572 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Velocidex velociraptor, published on 6 May 2026. 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

An off-by-one error (CWE-193) in the ConsumeUnit16Array and ConsumeUnit64Array functions in Velocidex Velociraptor before version 0.76.5 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a process crash by providing a specially crafted .evtx file to the parse_evtx VQL plugin.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-7572?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor. It affects 1 product.

Products include Rapid7 Velociraptor.

How do I fix CVE-2026-7572?

Upgrade www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor to 0.76.5 or later.

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-2026-7572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-7572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Velocidex velociraptor

• CVE-2023-0242 Insufficient permission check in the VQL copy() function High 8.8
• CVE-2023-5950 Rapid7 Velociraptor Reflected XSS High 8.6
• CVE-2026-5329 Rapid7 Velociraptor Improper Input Validation in Client Message Handler High 8.5
• CVE-2026-6290 Velociraptor Query() Plugin Misapplies Permissions To Orgs High 8.0
• CVE-2025-14728 Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability Medium 6.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-6cmp-qv2f-x97x, GO-2026-5174.