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CVE-2026-28220: Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Prior to version 4.14.5, issues in the Cluster Distributed API (DAPI) handling allow a

highCVSS 8.4CVE-2026-28220
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Prior to version 4.14.5, issues in the Cluster Distributed API (DAPI) handling allow a cluster peer, or any actor able to authenticate to the cluster channel using the shared cluster key, to make the master node deserialize an attacker-controlled callable and execute it under an attacker-controlled RBAC context. The cluster code in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/common.py deserializes JSON with as_wazuh_object(), which resolves any callable whose top-level package is wazuh or api (an overly broad allowlist controlled only by ALLOWED_CALLABLES_PACKAGES), and DAPI requests handled in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py accept a client-supplied rbac_permissions value that run_local() applies as the global RBAC context, so supplying an rbac_mode of black causes authorization checks for expose_resources-protected functions to pass without any legitimate permission assignment. Combined, these allow privileged administrative actions on the master node such as arbitrary file writes under WAZUH_PATH, creation of new API users, and tampering with security.yaml, and can be chained into full manager compromise. This issue has been fixed in version 4.14.5.

Details

Source
NVD Recent CVEs (US · database · site)
Severity
high — CVSS 8.4
Published
2026-07-20
Last updated
2026-07-21
Exploitation
Not in CISA KEV at last sync

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28220

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CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2026-28220coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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