Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b3459f5663702aea14e91330a7a6912081fed2eb Patch
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35307 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.5 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.7 · wazuhNVD modified 2026-10-27 11:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b3459f5663702aea14e91330a7a6912081fed2eb Patch
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35307 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.5 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3 Patch, Release Notes
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg Exploit, Vendor Advisory