CVE-2026-74030

Wazuh 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 Memory Exhaustion via SCA YAML Alias Expansion

Published Oct 13, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wazuh from 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 contains an uncontrolled YAML alias expansion vulnerability in yaml2json_node that allows a manager-controlled policy to exhaust agent memory. Attackers controlling the manager can push a small SCA policy with nested aliases via merged.mg to OOM-kill wazuh-modulesd on every agent in a group.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh wazuh-agent
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Vendors & Products Wazuh wazuh-agent
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wazuh from 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 contains an uncontrolled YAML alias expansion vulnerability in yaml2json_node that allows a manager-controlled policy to exhaust agent memory. Attackers controlling the manager can push a small SCA policy with nested aliases via merged.mg to OOM-kill wazuh-modulesd on every agent in a group.
Title Wazuh 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 Memory Exhaustion via SCA YAML Alias Expansion
First Time appeared Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
Weaknesses CWE-776
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': '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'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2026, 4:43 PM
Reserved
Aug 14, 2026, 2:06 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Oct 13, 2026, 2:17 PM
Modified
Oct 13, 2026, 8:39 PM