MediumCVE-2026-74046

    Wazuh 4.4.0 < 4.14.7 DoS via fdecompress_files() Zip Bomb (CVE-2026-74046)

    Published Last modified Sources: BSI, CVE.org

    What is affected, what to do

    Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption.

    An exploit is publicly available. Update Wazuh-manager to version 4.14.7.

    Affected
    • Wazuh-manager lt 4.4.0..4.14.7
    Fixed in
    • Wazuh-manager 4.14.7

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    Metrics

    6.9

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v4

    4.9

    CVSS v3

    Severity Medium on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: BSI, CVE.org

    0.6 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 47.7

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    Severity
    Medium
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    76.26 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    PoC (publicly reported)
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    6.9 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    4.9
    CVSS v4

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    6.9
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.6 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    47.7
    High — this CVE ranks above the median of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 36%).
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: proof of concept · not automatable · Technical impact: partial
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 18 August 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-409

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    Handle the vulnerability in regular vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption.

    Source: BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, NVD (NIST), cvelistv5, CVE.org (MITRE)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    Wazuhwazuh-manager
    • 4.4.0 – < 4.14.7
    • 4.14.7
    wazuhwazuh
    • 4.4.0 – < 4.14.7
    • 4.14.7
    Open SourceWazuh
    • < 4.14.7
    • 4.14.7

    Vendors and products

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-409Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)

      Base

      The product does not handle or incorrectly handles a compressed input with a very high compression ratio that produces a large output.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-409

    Public exploit references

    Publicly reported proof-of-concepts, exploit modules and detection templates for this vulnerability. NEOSEC links to the original sources only and does not provide any exploit code.

    Public exploit references
    Reference tagged as exploitgithub.com (opens in a new tab)PoC (publicly reported)reported, not verified—

    References & sources

    • github.comGitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j)Vendor advisory, Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor advisory
    • github.comPull RequestPatch, Issue tracking, Patch
    • vulncheck.comadvisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bombThird-party advisory, Third-party advisory

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      Show 3 original changes
      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j
      Referenceremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j
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      Reference typeremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Types: Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. Record modifiedVulnCheck

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      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Affected versions (publisher)added
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      Affected value modified. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74046.json">CVE-2026-74046</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37119
      Referenceadded
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      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j
      Referenceadded
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      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bomb
      Referenceremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37119
      —
      Referenceremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j
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      Referenceremoved
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bomb
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      Reference typeremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37119 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
      —
      Reference typeremoved
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Types: Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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      Reference typeremoved
      https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bomb Types: Third Party Advisory
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      Source identifier: disclosure@vulncheck.com

    3. Initial analysis by NVDNVD

      Newly listed as affected:
      • Wazuh (4.4.0 – before 4.14.7)
      Show 5 original changes
      Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
      TypeActionBeforeAfter
      Product configurationadded
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      OR *cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 4.4.0 up to (excluding) 4.14.7
      Reference typeadded
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      VulnCheck: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37119 Types: Issue Tracking, Patch
      Reference typeadded
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      VulnCheck: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Types: Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
      Reference typeadded
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      VulnCheck: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-dos-via-fdecompress-files-zip-bomb Types: Third Party Advisory
      Reference typeadded
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      CISA-ADP: https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mr7j-w2m4-vw5j Types: Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

      Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

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