---
id: CVE-2026-48162
title: >-
  Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention,
  detection, and response
summary: >-
  Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention,
  detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3,
  DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py
  joins an attacker-controll…
severity: critical
cvss: 9.1
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-73
vendor: wazuh
product: wazuh
affected:
  - 'wazuh >= 4.0.0, < 4.14.6'
  - wazuh = 5.0.0
patched:
  - wazuh 4.14.6
published: '2026-08-19'
updated: '2026-09-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-15T19:24:45.713'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48162'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/de1eeedbe336744934be4e20d87d84a76e438cee
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/36246'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-r6f5-h662-8ffc'
    label: security-advisories@github.com
  - url: 'https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-r6f5-h662-8ffc'
    label: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00571
epssPercentile: 0.45744
ingestedAt: '2026-09-09T21:22:45.540Z'
---

## Overview

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3, DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py joins an attacker-controlled tmp_file value to WAZUH_PATH without canonicalization or confinement. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can use traversal or an absolute path to make the master return any readable file over the cluster channel. Reading /var/ossec/api/configuration/security/private_key.pem allows the peer to forge administrator REST API tokens offline and then exercise administrative privileges without creating an account. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.

## Affected

- `wazuh >= 4.0.0, < 4.14.6`
- `wazuh = 5.0.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `wazuh 4.14.6`