Vulnerability · Published Feb 27, 2025 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2025-0914Velociraptor Shell Plugin Prevent_execve Bypass

Low 3.8

In plain English

A low-severity security flaw in Velociraptor from Rapid7. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 14% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)3.8Low

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 85.8% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An improper access control issue in the VQL shell feature in Velociraptor Versions < 0.73.4 allowed authenticated users to execute the execve() plugin in deployments where this was explicitly forbidden by configuring the prevent_execve flag in the configuration file. This setting is not usually recommended and is uncommonly used, so this issue will only affect users who do set it. This issue is fixed in release 0.73.4.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Rapid7	Velociraptor	0 – before 0.73.4

Weakness: CWE-281 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-0914/