Exploitation evidence
Not listed in the latest downloaded CISA KEV catalog. This does not establish an absence of exploitation.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
Rapid7 / Velociraptor
Default status: unaffected
- affected: 0 to < 0.74.3 (semver)
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Reported workarounds: To better restrict the types of artifacts users can run, the `basic artifacts` mechanism should be used as described https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/artifacts/security/#basic-artifacts To detect unintended privilege escalations in custom artifacts, users should run the artifact verifier as described here https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/artifacts/security/#restricting-dangerous-client-artifacts
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-6264/
- https://blog.talosintelligence.com/velociraptor-leveraged-in-ransomware-attacks/
- https://news.sophos.com/en-us/2025/08/26/velociraptor-incident-response-tool-abused-for-remote-access/
Monitored source mentions
Shared CVE identifiers link source mentions; they do not establish that the reports describe the same incident.
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}09 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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