CVE-2026-74038

Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: August 18, 2026 at 05:25 PM UTC
Updated: October 22, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWazuh

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

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.

Affected

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

4.0.0 ≤ v < 4.14.64.0.0
Affected range stops below 4.14.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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References (3)

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CVSS

7.1HIGHVulnCheck
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
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