VulnerabilityAnalyzed
CVE-2023-7340
Wazuh authd contains a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause memory corruption and malformed heap data by sending specially crafted input.
MEDIUM 5.3EPSS 0.32%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.32%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Wazuh authd contains a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause memory corruption and malformed heap data by sending specially crafted input. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a denial of service condition, resulting in low availability impact to the authentication daemon.
- CVSS 4.0
- 5.3 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 24th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- wazuh/wazuh
- Source
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-grjq-p5fg-m24rExploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/heap-buffer-overflow-in-wazuh-authdThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.