{"id":"CVE-2026-44252","aliases":["EUVD-2026-62551","GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg"],"status":"published","title":"Wazuh Manager dapi RBAC Bypass Allows Privilege Escalation","description":"Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-11","score":0.00544,"percentile":0.46128,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"published":"2026-08-19T16:04:00Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:47:56Z","products":[{"vendor":"wazuh","product":"wazuh"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","exploit","Exploit","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35307","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Issue Tracking","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b3459f5663702aea14e91330a7a6912081fed2eb","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","fix"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.5","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","Patch","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/44xxx/CVE-2026-44252.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44252","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44252","title":"Wazuh Manager dapi RBAC Bypass Allows Privilege Escalation","description":"Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T16:04:00.758Z","modified":"2026-08-21T19:38:50.521Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:00.288193Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-62551","description":"Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T16:04:00Z","modified":"2026-08-21T19:38:50Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T18:01:36.844009Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44252","description":"Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T16:17:10.69Z","modified":"2026-10-27T11:10:00.193Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:39.962615Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-44252","title":"Wazuh Manager dapi RBAC Bypass Allows Privilege Escalation","description":"Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.","status":"published","published":"2026-08-19T16:04:00.758Z","modified":"2026-11-04T02:47:56.477538125Z","cvss":[{"version":"4.0","score":7.7,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-863"],"updated_at":"2026-11-07T03:08:05.60667Z"}]}}