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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-7572 EUVD-2026-27516GHSA-6cmp-qv2f-x97xGO-2026-5174

Velociraptor EVTX Parser — Process Crash via Crafted .evtx File

Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026 · Assigned by rapid7

Description

An off-by-one error (CWE-193) in the ConsumeUnit16Array and ConsumeUnit64Array functions in Velocidex Velociraptor before version 0.76.5 on Windows and Linux allows a local attacker to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a process crash by providing a specially crafted .evtx file to the parse_evtx VQL plugin.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Velocidex velociraptor < 0.76.5 0.76.5

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed velociraptor 0.76.7.0.git145.b60ef1146-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12070-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 govulncheck-vulndb 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor < 0.76.5 0.76.5 GHSA-6cmp-qv2f-x97x
Go www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor all versions — GO-2026-5174

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