CVE-2026-74035

7.2 HIGHpublic exploit available

Published 2026-10-13 · Updated 2026-10-13

AI analysis for this CVE has not been generated yet. Raw NVD data is shown below.

NVD description

Wazuh versions from 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability where security.update_user places the reserved user guard and password policy inside a falsy truthiness check. A delegated user administrator can send an empty password to the user update endpoint, bypassing the reserved user guard to take over the wazuh superuser account and authenticate with empty credentials.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CWE-863

Public exploit & PoC references

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-27gv-q7q6-f5qh

All references

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-27gv-q7q6-f5qh
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.6.0-before-4.14.8-authentication-bypass-via-empty-password-in-update-user

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