CVE-2026-25790
March 17, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh.git (GITHUB):
Affected version(s) >=v3.9.0 <v4.14.3Fix Suggestion:
Update to version v4.14.3Related ResourcesĀ (1)
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Base Score:
6.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
4.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
EPSS
Base Score:
0.09