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TI-2026-28932 Aliases CVE-2026-40106

Wazuh: Heap-based Buffer Overflow in syscheck Registry Wildcard Expansion (LPE / DoS)

Priority HIGH 67CWE-122Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-122 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Versions 4.6.0 and above prior to 4.14.5 contain a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the syscheck component of the Wazuh agent for Windows. When expanding registry paths containing wildcards (* or ?), the agent allocates a fixed-size heap buffer of 256 bytes (OS_SIZE_256). By creating a registry subkey with a maximum allowed length (255 characters) inside a monitored path, a low-privileged local attacker can force an out-of-bounds write during string concatenation. Since wazuh-agent.exe runs as NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM, this can lead to a silent Denial of Service (blinding the agent) or potentially Local Privilege Escalation (LPE). This issue has been fixed in version 4.14.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00134 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed wazuh (wazuh): 4.14.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Wazuhwazuh4.6.0 to before 4.14.54.14.5Patch availableCNA
  • wazuh VendorWazuh Affected 4.6.0 to before 4.14.5 Fixed in 4.14.5 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.6.0 to before 4.14.5VulnerableWazuh
  • cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.6.0 to before 4.14.5 Vulnerable ·Wazuh

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wazuh (wazuh) Fixed in 4.14.5

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-40106

References

Exploit 1

  • 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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