CVE-2026-74046
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption.
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
6.9
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-08-18 18:19:34.053000
Last modified
2026-10-22 22:10:00.250000
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