CVE-2026-44252

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.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b3459f5663702aea14e91330a7a6912081fed2eb
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35307
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.5
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-19 16:17

Updated : 2026-09-09 21:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-44252

Mitre link : CVE-2026-44252

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44252

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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