CVE-2025-14728 json
Rapid7 Velociraptor Directory Traversal Vulnerability
published 2025-12-29 10 mo ago modified 2026-10-07 32 d ago also EUVD-2025-205647
- cvss
- 6.8
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.6%
- EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 10 mo ago
Exploit prediction
0.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- docs.velociraptor.app https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-14728/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N |
Affected products
- Rapid7 Velociraptor
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
-
docs.velociraptor.app
/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-14728/
exploit, patch, vendor-advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-14728
- NVD CVE-2025-14728
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