CVE-2026-74030

Wazuh 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 Memory Exhaustion via SCA YAML Alias Expansion

MEDIUM
4.9
CVSS Score
Published: October 13, 2026 at 01:27 PM UTC
Updated: October 13, 2026 at 08:39 PM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorWazuhWazuh Agent

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Severity
MEDIUM4.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.8 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

4.9MEDIUMVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-776

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