Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-74041

Description

Wazuh 4.14.3 before 4.14.8 contains a case-sensitivity mismatch between the ossec.conf validator and wazuh-logcollector that bypasses remote-command validation. Authenticated users with manager:update_config can inject an uppercase LOG_FORMAT command localfile that the collector runs as root on reload.

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Affected products

Wazuh/Wazuhllm-fuzzy
Range: <4.14.8

Patches

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References

github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8nvd
github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-cjf8-wjx6-hjw6nvd
www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.14.3-before-4.14.8-remote-command-validation-bypass-via-case-mismatchnvd

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