CVE-2026-25790
Wazuh has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Security Configuration Assessment JSON Parser
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, multiple stack-based buffer overflows exist in the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) decoder (wazuh-analysisd). The use of sprintf with a floating-point (%lf) format specifier on a fixed-size 128-byte buffer allows a remote attacker to overflow the stack. A specially crafted JSON event can trigger this overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) or potential RCE on the Wazuh manager. The vulnerability is located in /src/analysisd/decoders/security_configuration_assessment.c, within the FillScanInfo and FillCheckEventInfo functions. In multiple locations, a 128-byte buffer (char value[OS_SIZE_128];) is allocated on the stack to hold the string representation of a number from a JSON event. The code checks if the number is an integer or a double. If it's a double, it uses sprintf(value, "%lf", ...) to perform the conversion. This sprintf call is unbounded. If a floating-point number with a large exponent (e.g., 1.0e150) is provided, sprintf will attempt to write its full string representation (a "1" followed by 150 zeros), which is larger than the 128-byte buffer, corrupting the stack. Version 4.14.3 patches the issue.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
4.9
Wazuh has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Security Configuration Assessment JSON Parser
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, multiple stack-based buffer overflows exist in the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) decoder (wazuh-analysisd). The use of sprintf with a floating-point (%lf) format specifier on a fixed-size 128-byte buffer allows a remote attacker to overflow the stack. A specially crafted JSON event can trigger this overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) or potential RCE on the Wazuh manager. The vulnerability is located in /src/analysisd/decoders/security_configuration_assessment.c, within the FillScanInfo and FillCheckEventInfo functions. In multiple locations, a 128-byte buffer (char value[OS_SIZE_128];) is allocated on the stack to hold the string representation of a number from a JSON event. The code checks if the number is an integer or a double. If it's a double, it uses sprintf(value, "%lf", ...) to perform the conversion. This sprintf call is unbounded. If a floating-point number with a large exponent (e.g., 1.0e150) is provided, sprintf will attempt to write its full string representation (a "1" followed by 150 zeros), which is larger than the 128-byte buffer, corrupting the stack. Version 4.14.3 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-25790- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-12623
4.9
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, multiple stack-based buffer overflows exist in the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) decoder (wazuh-analysisd). The use of sprintf with a floating-point (%lf) format specifier on a fixed-size 128-byte buffer allows a remote attacker to overflow the stack. A specially crafted JSON event can trigger this overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) or potential RCE on the Wazuh manager. The vulnerability is located in /src/analysisd/decoders/security_configuration_assessment.c, within the FillScanInfo and FillCheckEventInfo functions. In multiple locations, a 128-byte buffer (char value[OS_SIZE_128];) is allocated on the stack to hold the string representation of a number from a JSON event. The code checks if the number is an integer or a double. If it's a double, it uses sprintf(value, "%lf", ...) to perform the conversion. This sprintf call is unbounded. If a floating-point number with a large exponent (e.g., 1.0e150) is provided, sprintf will attempt to write its full string representation (a "1" followed by 150 zeros), which is larger than the 128-byte buffer, corrupting the stack. Version 4.14.3 patches the issue.
- Record
EUVD-2026-12623- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
4.9
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, multiple stack-based buffer overflows exist in the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) decoder (wazuh-analysisd). The use of sprintf with a floating-point (%lf) format specifier on a fixed-size 128-byte buffer allows a remote attacker to overflow the stack. A specially crafted JSON event can trigger this overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) or potential RCE on the Wazuh manager. The vulnerability is located in /src/analysisd/decoders/security_configuration_assessment.c, within the FillScanInfo and FillCheckEventInfo functions. In multiple locations, a 128-byte buffer (char value[OS_SIZE_128];) is allocated on the stack to hold the string representation of a number from a JSON event. The code checks if the number is an integer or a double. If it's a double, it uses sprintf(value, "%lf", ...) to perform the conversion. This sprintf call is unbounded. If a floating-point number with a large exponent (e.g., 1.0e150) is provided, sprintf will attempt to write its full string representation (a "1" followed by 150 zeros), which is larger than the 128-byte buffer, corrupting the stack. Version 4.14.3 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-25790- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
4.9
Wazuh has Stack-Based Buffer Overflow in Security Configuration Assessment JSON Parser
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 3.9.0 and prior to version 4.14.3, multiple stack-based buffer overflows exist in the Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) decoder (wazuh-analysisd). The use of sprintf with a floating-point (%lf) format specifier on a fixed-size 128-byte buffer allows a remote attacker to overflow the stack. A specially crafted JSON event can trigger this overflow, leading to a denial of service (crash) or potential RCE on the Wazuh manager. The vulnerability is located in /src/analysisd/decoders/security_configuration_assessment.c, within the FillScanInfo and FillCheckEventInfo functions. In multiple locations, a 128-byte buffer (char value[OS_SIZE_128];) is allocated on the stack to hold the string representation of a number from a JSON event. The code checks if the number is an integer or a double. If it's a double, it uses sprintf(value, "%lf", ...) to perform the conversion. This sprintf call is unbounded. If a floating-point number with a large exponent (e.g., 1.0e150) is provided, sprintf will attempt to write its full string representation (a "1" followed by 150 zeros), which is larger than the 128-byte buffer, corrupting the stack. Version 4.14.3 patches the issue.
- Record
CVE-2026-25790- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-121, CWE-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-25790 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Wazuh, published March 17, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.41%, the 35th percentile. No source names a fixed version.