PT-2026-25924 · Wazuh · Wazuh
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Published
2026-03-17
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Updated
2026-03-17
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CVE-2026-25771
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Wazuh versions 4.3.0 through 4.14.2
Description
Wazuh is a platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. A denial of service issue exists in the Wazuh API authentication middleware (
middlewares.py). The application uses an asynchronous event loop (Starlette/Asyncio) to call a synchronous function (generate keypair) that performs blocking disk I/O on every request containing a Bearer token. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by flooding the API with requests containing invalid Bearer tokens. This forces the single-threaded event loop to pause repeatedly for file read operations, potentially preventing the application from accepting or processing legitimate connections. The generate keypair function is involved in the issue.Recommendations
Update to version 4.14.3 or later.
Exploit
Fix
Resource Exhaustion
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Wazuh