Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2025· Updated Nov 21, 2025
Wazuh NULL pointer dereference in fim_alert line 666
CVE-2025-64169
Description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 3.7.0 to before 4.12.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether oldsum->md5 is NULL or not before dereferencing it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. This issue has been patched in version 4.12.0.
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References
1- github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-hc35-h924-8596mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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