CVE-2023-2226

Velociraptor crashes while parsing some malformed PE or OLE files.

Published Apr 21, 2023 CVSS 3.1 · 3.3 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade the clients to version 0.6.8-2

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2023-33738 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.
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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
rapid7
Published
Updated
Feb 4, 2025, 8:33 PM
Reserved
Apr 21, 2023, 11:40 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Apr 21, 2023, 12:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 5:52 AM