What is CVE-2026-25771?

CVE-2026-25771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-17.

How severe is CVE-2026-25771?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Wazuh

CVE-2026-25771

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 4.3.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the Wazuh API authentication middleware…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (65.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

Affected products

Wazuh — versions >= 4.3.0, < 4.14.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-33w3-p5hm-jw7g (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-25771?: CVE-2026-25771 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wazuh, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2026-03-17.
How severe is CVE-2026-25771?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.