CVE-2026-74041 PUBLISHED

Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 Remote Command Validation Bypass via Case Mismatch

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 14.08.2026 Published: 13.10.2026 Updated: 13.10.2026

Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 contains a case-sensitivity mismatch between the ossec.conf validator and wazuh-logcollector that bypasses remote-command validation. Authenticated users with manager:update_config can inject an uppercase LOG_FORMAT command localfile that the collector runs as root on reload.

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
CVSS Score: 9.4

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Network	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	High
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	High
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	High
Privileges Required	High
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Attack Vector	Network	Scope	Changed
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	High	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Wazuh
Product	wazuh-manager
Versions	Default: unaffected affected from 4.14.3 to 4.14.8 (excl.) Version 4.14.8 is unaffected

CVE-2026-74041 PUBLISHED

Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 Remote Command Validation Bypass via Case Mismatch

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