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CVE-2026-44901

HIGH
MEDIUM Priority: 0.06 BB Relevance: 47/100
Published: 2026-08-19 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Adjacent Low Complexity No Interaction Conf. Impact Integ. Impact Scope Change

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Adjacent
AC: Low
PR: High
UI: None
S: Changed
C: High
I: High
A: High

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, AffectedItemsWazuhResult.merge() in framework/wazuh/core/results.py trusts the sort_casting field in a cluster worker's JSON response. During a distributed API merge, attacker-controlled type names are resolved through Python builtins without an allowlist. A compromised worker can set sort_casting to exec and place Python source in affected_items, causing the master to execute the payload as root when responses from multiple nodes are merged. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (3)

VendorProductVersion
wazuh wazuh 4.0.0 – 4.14.6
wazuh wazuh 5.0.0
wazuh wazuh 5.0.0

References & Advisories (5)

Bug Bounty Relevance

47 / 100
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

8.4 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.74%
Raw Score 0.007450
Percentile 54.7%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00745
2026-10-28
0.00745

Intelligence Sources

nvd ref →

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