CVE-2026-41424
Description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.9.0 until 4.10.4 and 4.14.6, PUT /security/users/{user_id} in api/api/controllers/security_controller.py passes request.get("user") instead of request.context['token_info']['sub'] as current_user. remove_nones_to_dict() removes the resulting None value, so the reserved-account protection in framework/wazuh/security.py cannot verify who is making the request. An authenticated user with the users_admin role can overwrite the password of protected administrator accounts with user IDs at or below 99, including the wazuh superuser, and gain full administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.10.4 and 4.14.6.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/1a38d11574c6d35a4272e1e7145d55d293e7dda4
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/813add3575ecd4df484b2326715ca78f65505b4e
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35442
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35469
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.10.4
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-gj9h-8hmr-xjjr
CWEs
CWE-863
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.