Path Traversal in Wazuh Wazuh-Manager

CVE-2026-74038

Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.6 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service by enrolling an agent with a dot-sequence name such as ".." through the enrollment port. Attackers exploit insufficient validation in OS_IsValidName() and unsafe path concatenation in delete_diff() to resolve the traversal to the parent queue directory, causing its subdirectories to be removed and stopping all Wazuh services requiring manual recovery.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-74038?
CVE-2026-74038 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wazuh Wazuh-Manager, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-08-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-74038?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.