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VulnerabilityPublished

CVE-2026-26204: wazuh · Buffer Underflow

Affects wazuhSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.4 Medium : upgrade to 4.14.4 when convenient.

Data as of 27 Oct 2026, 00:20 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.4Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
Patch
Available – fixed in 4.14.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 29 Apr 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade wazuh to 4.14.4.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
wazuh wazuhAffected
  • >=1.0.0 <4.14.4
Fixed in
  • 4.14.4

AI-suggested

Upgrade Wazuh to version 4.14.4 or later, where this vulnerability is patched. No other mitigation is indicated by the vendor advisory.

Description

A heap-based out-of-bounds write vulnerability exists in Wazuh versions from 1.0.0 up to but not including 4.14.4. The flaw occurs in the GetAlertData function where a NULL byte is written one byte before the start of a buffer allocated by strdup due to unsigned integer underflow and pointer arithmetic wrapping. This corrupts heap metadata and can be exploited by a malicious actor with high privileges on a compromised agent to cause denial of service or heap corruption by injecting a crafted alert into the alerts log file monitored by wazuh-logcollector. The issue is fixed in version 4.14.4.

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