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.

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Solution

Upgrade the affected package to 4.14.6 or later.


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History

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh-manager

Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Wazuh 4.0.0 < 4.14.6 Path Traversal DoS via Agent Enrollment
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-18T17:25:08.465Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T14:06:40.512Z

Link: CVE-2026-74038

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-18T18:19:33.610

Modified: 2026-08-18T18:19:33.610

Link: CVE-2026-74038

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Updated: 2026-08-18T18:45:03Z

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