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CVE-2025-64169

Wazuh NULL pointer dereference in fim_alert line 666

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.12.0
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 3.7.0 to before 4.12.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether oldsum->md5 is NULL or not before dereferencing it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. This issue has been patched in version 4.12.0.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wazuh wazuh

    From 3.7.0 · fixed in 4.12.0

References 1

GitHub · wazuh/wazuh