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Vulnerability record · CVE-2025-14728 · published 29 December 2025

CVE-2025-14728: Rapid7 velociraptor path traversal vulnerability

Rapid7 · Velociraptor

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.

6.8 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.56% · top 55.6% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.56%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
1References, 1 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

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.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-14728/ ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2025-14728), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.