Vulnerability in wazuh-manager

[ Why it matters ]Priority signals

• Public proof-of-concept exploit exists (CISA SSVC)

[ Description ]Official description

Wazuh from 4.1.1 before 4.14.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the get_list_file helper that allows malicious cluster workers to read arbitrary files via unvalidated filename values. Attackers holding the cluster key can send DistributedAPI requests with traversal filenames to read client.keys, ossec.conf with the cluster key, and other wazuh-readable files.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund12 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-3878

  Wazuh: Multiple vulnerabilities Translated from German

  CVE-2026-74034CVE-2026-74045CVE-2026-74035+12 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8
• github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-xrjw-cqrv-j92g
• www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.1.1-before-4.14.8-path-traversal-via-cluster-get-l…