CVE-2025-6264

MEDIUM EXPLOITED RANSOMWARE

Velociraptor < 0.7.4.3 - Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Admin.Client.UpdateClientConfig Artifact

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2025-6264 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV), including in ransomware campaigns. EIP tracks 1 public exploit from researchers including Mauzy0x00.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository provides a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-6264, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Velociraptor where the 'Admin.Client.UpdateClientConfig' artifact lacks permission checks. The script automates the setup of a malicious Velociraptor server and generates a client config to redirect endpoints to the attacker's server.

Description

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).

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Mauzy0x00 · poc
https://github.com/Mauzy0x00/velociraptor_CVE-2025-6264_PoC

This repository provides a functional exploit PoC for CVE-2025-6264, a privilege escalation vulnerability in Velociraptor where the 'Admin.Client.UpdateClientConfig' artifact lacks permission checks. The script automates the setup of a malicious Velociraptor server and generates a client config to redirect endpoints to the attacker's server.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Velociraptor versions before 0.74.3
Auth required
Prerequisites: Velociraptor installed on the target system · Investigator role access
devstral-2 · analyzed May 09, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0096
EPSS Percentile 56.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-10-22
Ransomware Use Confirmed
CWE
CWE-276
Status published
Products (2)
golang/velociraptor 0 - 0.74.3Go
rapid7/velociraptor < 0.74.3
Published Jun 20, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026