Medium 5.5Published Nov 21, 2025

CVE-2025-54866Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:50 UTC)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-276
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jun 17, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

wazuh wazuh wazuh:wazuh	from 4.3.0 before 4.13.0	NVD

References

https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/606f19e688944ebe5d28d72eb81ac36f8fffb143patch
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/31187issue-tracking, patch
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.13.0release-notes
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mvfx-ph7m-qm37exploit, vendor-advisory

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