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-beta3, DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py joins an attacker-controlled tmp_file value to WAZUH_PATH without canonicalization or confinement. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can use traversal or an absolute path to make the master return any readable file over the cluster channel. Reading /var/ossec/api/configuration/security/private_key.pem allows the peer to forge administrator REST API tokens offline and then exercise administrative privileges without creating an account. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wazuh
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Vendors & Products Wazuh
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Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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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-beta3, DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py joins an attacker-controlled tmp_file value to WAZUH_PATH without canonicalization or confinement. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can use traversal or an absolute path to make the master return any readable file over the cluster channel. Reading /var/ossec/api/configuration/security/private_key.pem allows the peer to forge administrator REST API tokens offline and then exercise administrative privileges without creating an account. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.
Title Wazuh: cluster peer can read arbitrary master files and forge offline REST API administrator tokens via DAPI tmp_file path injection in Wazuh manager
Weaknesses CWE-73
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:13:15.857Z

Reserved: 2026-05-20T23:12:43.032Z

Link: CVE-2026-48162

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T17:18:51.233

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:18:51.233

Link: CVE-2026-48162

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Updated: 2026-08-19T18:45:03Z

Weaknesses
  • CWE-73

    External Control of File Name or Path