Description
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wazuh | wazuh-manager | 4.0.0 – < 4.14.6 | 4.14.6 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-2883 Wazuh: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 4, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-573w-mqw4-jvmr) vendor-advisory
- Pull Request patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-path-traversal-dos-via-agent-enrollment third-party-advisory