GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/06/GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24/GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-gpfc-mph4-qm24
Aliases
Published
2025-06-20T03:30:32Z
Modified
2025-07-28T20:30:05.631308Z
Severity
  • 4.7 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Velociraptor vulnerable to privilege escalation via UpdateConfig artifact
Details

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).

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-06-20T03:15:27Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-06-20T14:55:30Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-276"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Go / www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor

Package

Name
www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor
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Purl
pkg:golang/www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.74.3