CVE-2026-48162Patch(wazuh / wazuh)

LOWCVSS 9.1 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Patch wazuh wazuh systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3, DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py joins an attacker-controlled tmp_file value to WAZUH_PATH without canonicalization or confinement. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can use traversal or an absolute path to make the master return any readable file over the cluster channel. Reading /var/ossec/api/configuration/security/private_key.pem allows the peer to forge administrator REST API tokens offline and then exercise administrative privileges without creating an account. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-73

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

YES

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • wazuh

Threat summary

  • Patch or workaround signal is available
  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
wazuh

1 version affected across 1 product

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-21: 1Patch / Workaround · 2026-08-21: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-21: 108-21
Signal classification1 categories
Patch
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • CCB Alert@CCBalert
    Patch

    Warning: Critical #vulnerabilities in #Wazuh! CVE-2026-49441, CVE-2026-48024, CVE-2026-48162 (CVSS 9.1). Cluster peers can overwrite configs or forge admin tokens, risking code execution with root privileges! Time to #Patch #Patch #Patch

    Post summary

    The tweet alerts users to critical Wazuh CVEs that enable config tampering or token forging leading to root code execution, urging quick patching.

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CPE platform detail3 entries

3 of 3 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appwazuhwazuh---
Appwazuhwazuh5.0.0--
Appwazuhwazuh5.0.0--

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