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Low · 1.8 CVE-2025-54866 EUVD-2025-198508

Wazuh installation fails to protected authd.pass on Windows

Published Nov 21, 2025 · Updated Nov 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
wazuh wazuh >= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0 —

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