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CVE-2026-44256

Wazuh: CRLF Log Injection via Unsanitized Basic-Auth Username

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.14.6, 5.0.0-beta2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.4.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, api/api/middlewares.py decodes the Basic authentication username before credential validation and passes it to the access logger without neutralizing control characters. api/api/alogging.py interpolates that value into the plain-text API log. An unauthenticated attacker can include carriage returns or line feeds in the username to forge entries, obscure activity, or poison systems that consume the plain-text audit log. The JSON log format is not affected because JSON serialization escapes these characters. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • wazuh wazuh

    From 4.4.0 · fixed in 4.14.6; From 5.0.0-beta1 · fixed in 5.0.0-beta2

References 5

GitHub · wazuh/wazuh