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TI-2026-71741 Aliases CVE-2026-74036

Remote code execution in Wazuh agent via SCA policy trust

Priority HIGH 72CWE-863Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

Wazuh wazuh-agent from 4.3.0 before 4.14.8 determines trust in SCA policies by file path rather than configuration source, an incorrect authorization flaw (CWE-863). An attacker who controls a Wazuh manager can write unsigned policy files to var/incoming through the upgrade channel and reference them to run command checks as root on agents.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27

Description from the CNA

Wazuh from 4.3.0 before 4.14.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability where SCA policy trust is determined by file path rather than configuration source. Attackers controlling a manager can write unsigned policy files to var/incoming via the upgrade channel and reference them to execute command checks as root on agents.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.0083 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed wazuh-agent (Wazuh): 4.14.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

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-agent4.3.0 to before 4.14.84.14.8Patch availableCNA
  • wazuh-agent VendorWazuh Affected 4.3.0 to before 4.14.8 Fixed in 4.14.8 Patch available CNA

Remediation

Upgrade wazuh-agent to 4.14.8, the fixed version.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27

  • Fix · CNA wazuh-agent (Wazuh) Fixed in 4.14.8

Fixed in the same release

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

  • Release ·

    wazuh-agent 4.14.8

    2 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-71735 Wazuh SCA YAML alias expansion lets manager exhaust agent memoryPriority LOW 31
    Show all 2 records →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74036

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2025-17783 Remote code execution in Wazuh server KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
  • TI-2026-47604 Wazuh GitHub Actions Shell Injection via Fork Pull Request CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2026-71739 Missing origin check in Wazuh manager allows arbitrary file read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-71743 Arbitrary file overwrite in Wazuh manager enables root code execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • 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
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Sources

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