CVE-2023-2226: Velociraptor crashes while parsing some malformed PE or OLE files.
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2023-2226 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in rapid7 velociraptor. EPSS estimates a 0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 21-04-2023PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-02-2025Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Due to insufficient validation in the PE and OLE parsers in Rapid7's Velociraptor versions earlier than 0.6.8 allows attacker to crash Velociraptor during parsing of maliciously malformed files. For this attack to succeed, the attacker needs to be able to introduce malicious files to the system at the same time that Velociraptor attempts to collect any artifacts that attempt to parse PE files, Authenticode signatures, or OLE files. After crashing, the Velociraptor service will restart and it will still be possible to collect other artifacts.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- CVE.orgCNA3.3LowCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.38%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
31%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.38% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Rapid71 product
- velociraptor< 0.6.8
1 vendor · 1 product