CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-49441

9.1 CRITICAL Published 2026-08-19 Modified 2026-10-26 Official page ↗
Status
Analyzed
Published
2026-08-19
Last modified
2026-10-26
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.1 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-73

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.3.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3, the non-merged branch of process_files_from_worker() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/master.py trusts a peer-controlled file_path key from files_metadata.json. The destination is joined to WAZUH_PATH without proving that it remains inside the directory selected by cluster_item_key. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can upload a crafted extra-valid archive and overwrite security-sensitive files such as /var/ossec/etc/ossec.conf. Replacing ossec.conf can configure root-executed commands and lead to code execution after a service reload. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.

Affected configurations

• wazuh wazuh (>= 4.3.0 < 4.14.6) • wazuh wazuh 5.0.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path weakness

References