MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-74043 (CVSS 8.5)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 13, 2026Risk 37/100

Wazuh from 4.1.1 before 4.14.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in upload_list_file, upload_rule_file, and upload_decoder_file that allows malicious cluster workers to write files at arbitrary paths. Attackers holding the cluster key can send DistributedAPI requests with ../ sequences in filename, bypassing REST controller validation, to write files as the wazuh user.

Technical details

CVSS

8.5

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:HighUI:None

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