---
id: CVE-2025-14728
title: >-
  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
summary: >-
  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 …
severity: medium
cvss: 6.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N'
cwe:
  - CWE-22
vendor: rapid7
product: velociraptor
affected:
  - velociraptor < 0.75.6
patched:
  - velociraptor 0.75.6
published: '2025-12-29'
updated: '2026-09-30'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-30T23:10:00.237'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14728'
references:
  - url: 'https://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2025-14728/'
    label: cve@rapid7.com
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.0056
epssPercentile: 0.44516
ingestedAt: '2026-09-30T23:29:32.514Z'
---

## Overview

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.

## Affected

- `velociraptor < 0.75.6`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `velociraptor 0.75.6`