CVE-2026-74041
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 and 4.10.4 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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-13 14:17:40.860000
Last modified
2026-10-26 14:16:39.723000
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"published": "2026-10-13T14:17:40.860",
"lastModified": "2026-10-26T14:16:39.723",
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