CVE-2026-41424CWE-863broken-access-control

CVE-2026-41424

High · published August 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.2
EPSS
0%
Percentile
39.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.9.0 until 4.10.4 and 4.14.6, PUT /security/users/{user_id} in api/api/controllers/security_controller.py passes request.get("user") instead of request.context['token_info']['sub'] as current_user. remove_nones_to_dict() removes the resulting None value, so the reserved-account protection in framework/wazuh/security.py cannot verify who is making the request. An authenticated user with the users_admin role can overwrite the password of protected administrator accounts with user IDs at or below 99, including the wazuh superuser, and gain full administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.10.4 and 4.14.6.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.2 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00472 · 39.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2026-08-19T21:18Z
Affected products (2)
ProductVersionsFixed in
wazuh/wazuh≥ 4.9.0, < 4.10.44.10.4
wazuh/wazuh≥ 4.11.0, < 4.14.64.14.6
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 16:18Z
    Wazuh: Privilege Escalation via Admin-Protection Bypass in update-user API Endpoint
    cvelistv5