CVE-2026-74039

Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.7 and 5.0.0-beta2 contain a denial of service vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers with allow_run_as enabled to exhaust CPU resources by submitting arbitrarily deeply nested JSON structures to the POST /security/user/authenticate/run_as endpoint. Attackers can repeatedly submit malformed auth_context bodies with unlimited nesting depth to cause the API framework to consume excessive CPU, denying service to all other API consumers.
Configurations

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OR cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

22 Oct 2026, 22:10

Type Values Removed Values Added
Summary
  • (es) Wazuh 4.0.0 anterior a 4.14.7 y 5.0.0-beta2 contienen una vulnerabilidad de denegación de servicio que permite a atacantes autenticados con allow_run_as habilitado agotar los recursos de la CPU al enviar estructuras JSON anidadas arbitrariamente profundas al endpoint POST /security/user/authenticate/run_as. Los atacantes pueden enviar repetidamente cuerpos auth_context malformados con una profundidad de anidamiento ilimitada para hacer que el framework de la API consuma una CPU excesiva, denegando el servicio a todos los demás consumidores de la API.

16 Sep 2026, 20:27

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
References () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37034 - () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37034 - Issue Tracking, Patch
References () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-5vh8-34r8-q74q - () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-5vh8-34r8-q74q - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
References () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-api-dos-via-deeply-nested-json-auth-context - () https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-api-dos-via-deeply-nested-json-auth-context - Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2026-08-18 18:19

Updated : 2026-10-22 22:10


NVD link : CVE-2026-74039

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74039

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74039


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Products Affected

wazuh

  • wazuh
CWE
CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity