Description
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wazuh | wazuh-manager | 4.0.0 – < 4.14.7, 5.0.0-beta2 | 4.14.7 |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-2883 Wazuh: Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 4, 2026
References
- GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-5vh8-34r8-q74q) vendor-advisory
- Pull Request patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-api-dos-via-deeply-nested-json-auth-context third-party-advisory