What is CVE-2025-15616?

CVE-2025-15616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2025-15616?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

RCE in Wazuh

CVE-2025-15616

Wazuh wazuh-agent and wazuh-manager versions 2.1.0 before 4.8.0 contain multiple shell injection and untrusted search path vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute arbitrary commands through various components including logcollector configuration, maild SMTP server tags, and Kaspersky AR script parameters. Attackers can exploit these vulnerabilities by injecting malicious commands through configuration files, SMTP server settings, and custom flags to achieve remote code execution on affected systems.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.016 (73.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wazuh
Wazuh Wazuh-agent — versions 2.1.0
Wazuh Wazuh-manager — versions 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-15616?: CVE-2025-15616 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2026-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2025-15616?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.