TI-2025-34600 Aliases CVE-2025-54866

Wazuh installation fails to protected authd.pass on Windows

LOW 9CWE-276Published 2025-11-21 · Updated 2025-11-21

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Active
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: Present
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · None · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00184 8th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed wazuh (wazuh): 4.13.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Wazuh	wazuh	4.3.0 to before 4.13.0	4.13.0	Patch available	CNA

wazuh VendorWazuh Affected 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0 Fixed in 4.13.0 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh::::::::	4.3.0 to before 4.13.0	Vulnerable	Wazuh

cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0 Vulnerable ·Wazuh

Remediation

Fix · CNA wazuh (wazuh) Fixed in 4.13.0

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-54866

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mvfx-ph7m-qm37

Patch 2

Other 1

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.13.0

TI-2025-17783 Remote code execution in Wazuh server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2026-23722 Path traversal in wazuh CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
TI-2024-01157 Remote code execution and local privilege escalation in Wazuh Windows agent via NetNTLMv2 hash theft CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
TI-2026-22556 Wazuh: Pre-auth stack-based buffer overflow in wazuh-remoted print_hex_string() due to signed char promotion on x86_64 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2026-35598 Wazuh: cluster peer can read arbitrary master files and forge offline REST API… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
TI-2026-35467 Wazuh: merged-file header path traversal in cluster sync allows arbitrary file write under WAZUH_PATH in Wazuh manager CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1

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Sources

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