{"id":"CVE-2026-74043","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-74043","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:42:16.613Z","title":"Wazuh from 4.1.1 before 4.14.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in upload_list_file, upload_rule_file, and upload_decoder_file that allows malicious cluster workers to write files at arbitrary paths.","description":"Wazuh from 4.1.1 before 4.14.8 contains a path traversal vulnerability in upload_list_file, upload_rule_file, and upload_decoder_file that allows malicious cluster workers to write files at arbitrary paths. Attackers holding the cluster key can send DistributedAPI requests with ../ sequences in filename, bypassing REST controller validation, to write files as the wazuh user.","published":"2026-10-13T14:17:41.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-13T20:39:49.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00363,"percentile":0.29949,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-14","score":0.00363,"percentile":0.28455}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.36%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-13T14:17:41.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.5","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-13T14:17:41.003Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.5)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-cw26-jj8q-x7w5","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.1.1-before-4.14.8-path-traversal-via-cluster-upload-functions","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74043","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}