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CVE-2026-45798

HIGH 7.5

Wazuh: Pre-auth stack-buffer-overflow in compare_wazuh_versions reachable from wazuh-authd (TCP/1515) via crafted enrollment V: field

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.5.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, compare_wazuh_versions() in src/shared/version_op.c copies the attacker-controlled enrollment V: field into a 10-byte stack buffer with strncpy() but does not explicitly terminate the buffer. The function is reachable before authentication through wazuh-authd on TCP port 1515 when anonymous TLS enrollment is enabled. A version string of at least nine non-null bytes can cause strchr() and strtok() to read beyond ver2 and can make strtok() write a null byte into adjacent stack memory, allowing a remote denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.

CWE CWE-121 CWE-170
Vendor wazuh
Product wazuh
Published Aug 19, 2026
Last Updated Aug 19, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

wazuh / wazuh
>= 4.5.0, < 4.14.6 >= 5.0.0-beta1, < 5.0.0-beta2

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-4fvp-jfc3-qr6r github.com: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/36059 github.com: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b6aac379982d6144b8da38450cbea6c8dc15be44 github.com: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6 github.com: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta2