Session invalidation bypass in Wazuh manager token check
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-613.
Summary
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.8 fails to invalidate issued tokens for run_as users with zero static roles, because check_token never consults the blacklist. An attacker holding revoked administrator grants can keep authenticating and link the administrator role to themselves, so they retain privileged access permanently. CWE-613 applies. Exploitation requires high privileges, and the CVSS vector rates the impact as high for confidentiality, integrity and availability.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
Description from the CNA
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.8 fails to invalidate issued tokens for run_as users with zero static roles, because check_token never consults the blacklist. Attackers with revoked administrator grants can continue authenticating and self-link the administrator role to permanently retain privileged access.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade wazuh-manager to version 4.14.8.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-27
- Fix · CNA wazuh-manager (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-manager 4.14.8
13 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 5 HIGH, 6 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71739 Missing origin check in Wazuh manager allows arbitrary file readPriority HIGH 77
- TI-2026-71743 Arbitrary file overwrite in Wazuh manager enables root code executionPriority HIGH 76
- TI-2026-71738 Path traversal in Wazuh CDB list handlers lets workers delete filesPriority HIGH 72
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74037
- 2026-10-14 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-18 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
More Wazuh vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
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