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TI-2026-52012 Aliases CVE-2026-74038

Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment

Priority MEDIUM 64CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00546 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed wazuh-manager (Wazuh): 4.14.6

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
Wazuhwazuh-manager4.0.0 to before 4.14.64.14.6Patch availableCNA
  • wazuh-manager VendorWazuh Affected 4.0.0 to before 4.14.6 Fixed in 4.14.6 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*4.0.0 to before 4.14.6VulnerableWazuh
  • cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.0.0 to before 4.14.6 Vulnerable ·Wazuh

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wazuh-manager (Wazuh) Fixed in 4.14.6

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    wazuh-manager 4.14.6

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-52014 Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal Arbitrary Directory Deletion via Cluster HelloPriority LOW 34
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74038

References

Exploit 1

Patch 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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