Velociraptor Client ID Spoofing

published 2022-07-29 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-38510

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 40%
public exploits: 0; none known

Due to a bug in the handling of the communication between the client and server, it was possible for one client, already registered with their own client ID, to send messages to the server claiming to come from another client ID. This issue was resolved in Velociraptor 0.6.5-2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

rapid7 velociraptor 0.6.5-2

Exploit prediction

0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

Rapid7 Velociraptor

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

References

rapid7.com /blog/post/2022/07/26/cve-2022-35629-35632-velociraptor-multiple-vulnerabilities-fixed/
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-35629
NVD CVE-2022-35629

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Summary