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.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-w2jj-pfq9-mh9p | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-w2jj-pfq9-mh9p | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
29 Jul 2026, 15:37
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Wazuh wazuh
Wazuh |
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| References | () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-w2jj-pfq9-mh9p - Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
20 Jul 2026, 18:16
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| References | () https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-w2jj-pfq9-mh9p - |
20 Jul 2026, 16:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-20 16:16
Updated : 2026-07-29 15:37
NVD link : CVE-2026-28220
Mitre link : CVE-2026-28220
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-28220
JSON object : View
Products Affected
wazuh
- wazuh
CWE
CWE-502
Deserialization of Untrusted Data
