CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-74046
6.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-08-18
- Last modified
- 2026-10-22
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 6.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-409
Description
Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption.
Affected configurations
• wazuh wazuh (>= 4.4.0 < 4.14.7)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) weakness
References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37119 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bomb Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory