CVE-2026-85737 PUBLISHED

Velociraptor: Low-priv analyst reads arbitrary server files via ungated sql() VQL plugin

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.09.2026 Published: 06.11.2026 Updated: 06.11.2026

Velociraptor is a tool for collecting host-based state information using Velociraptor Query Language (VQL) queries. Prior to 0.77.2, SQLPlugin.Call in vql/parsers/sql/sql.go does not enforce plugin-level FILESYSTEM_READ or NETWORK checks before the mysql and postgres branches pass a caller-controlled connstring to sql.Open, allowing arbitrary outbound database connections. With attacker-controlled MySQL connection options that enable local-infile access, a rogue MySQL server can request files readable by the Velociraptor server process, including root-readable files when that process runs as root. The SQLite file accessor still enforces FILESYSTEM_READ, but a low-privilege analyst with ANY_QUERY can use the zero-permission data accessor and ATTACH DATABASE to create files without the plugin-level check. This issue is fixed in version 0.77.2.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score: 6.5

Product Status

Vendor Velocidex
Product velociraptor
Versions
  • Version < 0.77.2 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-862: Missing Authorization CWE