CVE-2026-74041CWE-178

CVE-2026-74041

Critical · published October 13, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
29.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 contains a case-sensitivity mismatch between the ossec.conf validator and wazuh-logcollector that bypasses remote-command validation. Authenticated users with manager:update_config can inject an uppercase LOG_FORMAT command localfile that the collector runs as root on reload.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.1 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
9.4 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
EPSS
0.00368 · 29.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-178 · Improper Handling of Case Sensitivity
Published
2026-10-13T18:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8 · [email protected]https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-cjf8-wjx6-hjw6 · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.14.3-before-4.14.8-remote-command-validation-bypass-via-case-mismatch · [email protected]https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-cjf8-wjx6-hjw6 · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 OCT 03:34Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 13 OCT 13:27Z
    Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 Remote Command Validation Bypass via Case Mismatch
    cvelistv5
  • 13 OCT 13:27Z
    Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 Remote Command Validation Bypass via Case Mismatch
    cvelistv5