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CVE-2026-41424

Wazuh: Privilege Escalation via Admin-Protection Bypass in update-user API Endpoint

8.2 High

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.

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
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.47%Up 0.1 points since Aug 20, 2026
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

CVE List Score used 8.2

Wazuh: Privilege Escalation via Admin-Protection Bypass in update-user API Endpoint

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.

Record
CVE-2026-41424
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2026-62564 8.2

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.

Record
EUVD-2026-62564
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
NVD 8.2

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.

Record
CVE-2026-41424
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.2

Wazuh: Privilege Escalation via Admin-Protection Bypass in update-user API Endpoint

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.

Record
CVE-2026-41424
CVSS 3.1
8.2 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H
Weakness
CWE-863
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
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In short

CVE-2026-41424 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Wazuh, published August 19, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.47%, the 41st percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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