Description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.4.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, api/api/middlewares.py decodes the Basic authentication username before credential validation and passes it to the access logger without neutralizing control characters. api/api/alogging.py interpolates that value into the plain-text API log. An unauthenticated attacker can include carriage returns or line feeds in the username to forge entries, obscure activity, or poison systems that consume the plain-text audit log. The JSON log format is not affected because JSON serialization escapes these characters. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| wazuh | wazuh | >= 4.4.0, < 4.14.6, >= 5.0.0-beta1, < 5.0.0-beta2 | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-2699 Wazuh: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Aug 19, 2026
References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-c3m6-fp2h-wmr4
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35866
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/cddf3fd16b0f945b28eb9c27714de3cc344e0926
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta2