CVE-2026-41424

high

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.

References

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-gj9h-8hmr-xjjr

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.10.4

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35469

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35442

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/813add3575ecd4df484b2326715ca78f65505b4e

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/1a38d11574c6d35a4272e1e7145d55d293e7dda4

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-19

Updated: 2026-08-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:P/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00336