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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37034 | Issue Tracking Patch |
| https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-5vh8-34r8-q74q | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-api-dos-via-deeply-nested-json-auth-context | Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-5vh8-34r8-q74q | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
Configuration 1 (hide)
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History
22 Oct 2026, 22:10
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16 Sep 2026, 20:27
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| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh |
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| References | () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37034 - Issue Tracking, Patch | |
| References | () 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 - 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
