CVE-2025-64169
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 3.7.0 to before 4.12.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether oldsum->md5 is NULL or not before dereferencing it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. This issue has been patched in version 4.12.0.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2025-11-21 19:16:02.800000
Last modified
2026-10-19 13:10:00.110000
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