CVE-2026-39359

HIGH

Wazuh: Unauthenticated Path Traversal in authd via Agent Group Name

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. In versions 4.0.0 through 4.10.3 and 4.11.0 through 4.14.4, a logic flaw affects the Wazuh Manager's enrollment daemon (authd) and synchronization daemon (remoted). The authd process allows agents to select a group during enrollment but does not filter path traversal sequences such as "..." While the manager checks for the group directory using wopendir(), the ".." sequence references the parent directory (/var/ossec/etc), allowing it to pass validation. After the malicious group is accepted and stored in the manager's global database, the remoted process uses this unchecked value to build paths for agent configuration synchronization. As a result, sensitive files from /var/ossec/etc, such as client.keys, ossec.conf, and internal certificates, are included in the agent's shared configuration stream and exposed to the attacker. This issue has been fixed in versions 4.10.4 and 4.14.5.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0029
EPSS Percentile 21.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (3)
wazuh/wazuh 4.0.0 - 4.10.4
wazuh/wazuh >= 4.0.0, < 4.10.4
wazuh/wazuh >= 4.11.0, < 4.14.5
Published Jul 17, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 17, 2026