CVE-2025-24016

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Starting in version 4.4.0 and prior to version 4.9.1, an unsafe deserialization vulnerability allows for remote code execution on Wazuh servers. DistributedAPI parameters are a serialized as JSON and deserialized using `as_wazuh_object` (in `framework/wazuh/core/cluster/common.py`). If an attacker manages to inject an unsanitized dictionary in DAPI request/response, they can forge an unhandled exception (`__unhandled_exc__`) to evaluate arbitrary python code. The vulnerability can be triggered by anybody with API access (compromised dashboard or Wazuh servers in the cluster) or, in certain configurations, even by a compromised agent. Version 4.9.1 contains a fix.

CVSS v3 9.9 CRITICAL

9.9^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.1 / Impact : 6.0

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-hcrc-79hj-m3qh	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-24016	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-02-10 20:15

Updated : 2025-10-24 13:59

NVD link : CVE-2025-24016

Mitre link : CVE-2025-24016

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-24016

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wazuh

wazuh

CWE

CWE-502

Deserialization of Untrusted Data

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