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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-85737 EUVD-2026-118460GHSA-9qq5-422f-33c2

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

Published Nov 6, 2026 · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Velocidex velociraptor < 0.77.2 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Go www.velocidex.com/golang/velociraptor < 0.77.2 0.77.2 GHSA-9qq5-422f-33c2

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