Medium severity · published Aug 11, 2026
CVE-2026-17535
Velociraptor Multiple Crashes in NTFS Parser when applied to invalid NTFS Volumes
6.2
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Velociraptor's NTFS parsing library mishandles several out of bound and memory exhaustion bugs which may be triggered by maliciously crafted NTFS images.
Typically Velociraptor's NTFS parser is used on live NTFS filesystems, limiting the opportunity of attackers corrupting the filesystem. However, in some applications (e.g. dead disk forensics https://docs.velociraptor.app/docs/forensic/deaddisk/ ) Velociraptor may be used on untrusted NTFS image files.
If an attacker is able to inject maliciously corrupted NTFS Volumes they can cause a crash and a Denial of Service.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
VE
Velociraptor · Rapid7
before 0.77.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-17535
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-17535
docs.velociraptor.app
http://docs.velociraptor.app/announcements/advisories/cve-2026-17535/
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