CVE-2026-74038

Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment

Published Aug 18, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade the affected package to 4.14.6 or later.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh wazuh
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wazuh wazuh
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.
Title Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2026, 3:20 PM
Reserved
Aug 14, 2026, 2:06 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 18, 2026, 6:19 PM
Modified
Oct 22, 2026, 10:10 PM