Advisories

Wazuh 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 Authentication Bypass via Empty Password in update_user

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • wazuh-manager >= 4.6.0, < 4.14.8

CWE
  • CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization
CVSS
8.6
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
iabdullah215, vikman90
Description
Wazuh versions from 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability where security.update_user places the reserved user guard and password policy inside a falsy truthiness check. A delegated user administrator can send an empty password to the user update endpoint, bypassing the reserved user guard to take over the wazuh superuser account and authenticate with empty credentials.

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