What is CVE-2025-62789?

CVE-2025-62789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-10-29.

How severe is CVE-2025-62789?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Wazuh

CVE-2025-62789

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Prior to 4.11.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether the return value of ctime_r is NULL or not before calling strdup() on it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. An attacker who is able to craft and send an agent message to the wazuh manager can cause analysisd to crash and make it unavailable. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.11.0.

EPSS: 0.004 (30.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Wazuh — versions < 4.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-62789?: CVE-2025-62789 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under CWE-252. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-10-29.
How severe is CVE-2025-62789?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.