CVE-2026-26204
mediumWazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response.
Vendor / product: Wazuh — wazuh
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 1.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, a heap-based out-of-bounds WRITE occurs in GetAlertData, resulting in writing a NULL byte exactly 1 byte before the start of the buffer allocated by strdup. Due to unsigned integer underflow and pointer arithmetic wrapping, the write lands at offset -1 from the buffer, corrupting heap metadata. A malicious actor can potentially leverage this issue through a compromised agent to cause denial of service or heap corruption by injecting a specially crafted alert into the alerts log file monitored by wazuh-logcollector. This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.4 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-j4c7-hwjw-8857 security-advisories@github.com
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-j4c7-hwjw-8857 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

