Headline
GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24: Velociraptor vulnerable to privilege escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
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).
- GitHub Advisory Database
- GitHub Reviewed
- CVE-2025-6264
Velociraptor vulnerable to privilege escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 20, 2025 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jun 20, 2025
Package
gomod www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor (Go)
Affected versions
< 0.74.3
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).
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6264
- https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-6264
- Velocidex/velociraptor@21e7fd7
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
Jun 20, 2025
Last updated
Jun 20, 2025