Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 1.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, a heap-based out-of-bounds WRITE occurs in GetAlertData, resulting in writing a NULL byte exactly 1 byte before the start of the buffer allocated by strdup. Due to unsigned integer underflow and pointer arithmetic wrapping, the write lands at offset -1 from the buffer, corrupting heap metadata. A malicious actor can potentially leverage this issue through a compromised agent to cause denial of service or heap corruption by injecting a specially crafted alert into the alerts log file monitored by wazuh-logcollector. This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4.
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| Description | Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 1.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, a heap-based out-of-bounds WRITE occurs in GetAlertData, resulting in writing a NULL byte exactly 1 byte before the start of the buffer allocated by strdup. Due to unsigned integer underflow and pointer arithmetic wrapping, the write lands at offset -1 from the buffer, corrupting heap metadata. A malicious actor can potentially leverage this issue through a compromised agent to cause denial of service or heap corruption by injecting a specially crafted alert into the alerts log file monitored by wazuh-logcollector. This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4. | |
| Title | Wazuh: Heap-based NULL WRITE Buffer Underflow in GetAlertData | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-124 CWE-191 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-04-29T17:43:44.911Z
Reserved: 2026-02-11T19:56:24.814Z
Link: CVE-2026-26204
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-29T18:16:04.820
Modified: 2026-04-29T18:16:04.820
Link: CVE-2026-26204
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Updated: 2026-04-29T20:00:16Z