Vulnerability · Published May 6, 2026 · Assigned by rapid7

CVE-2026-7572Velociraptor EVTX Parser — Process Crash via Crafted .evtx File

Medium 4.4

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in velociraptor from Velocidex. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.1%top 96.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

An off-by-one error (CWE-193) in the ConsumeUnit16Array and ConsumeUnit64Array functions in Velocidex Velociraptor before version 0.76.5 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a process crash by providing a specially crafted .evtx file to the parse_evtx VQL plugin.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor	0.76.5	GHSA-6cmp-qv2f-x97x
Go	www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor	no fix listed	GO-2026-5174

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Velocidex	velociraptor	0 – before 0.76.5

Weakness: CWE-193 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

References

https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-7572/ vendor-advisory