What is CVE-2026-25770?

CVE-2026-25770 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-25770?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Wazuh

CVE-2026-25770

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, a privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the Wazuh Manager's cluster synchronization…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (22.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wazuh — versions >= 3.9.0, < 4.14.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal
CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management
CWE-732 — Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-r4f7-v3p6-79jm (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25770?: CVE-2026-25770 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-25770?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.