# CVE-2026-44256: Wazuh: CRLF Log Injection via Unsanitized Basic-Auth Username

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.6, 5.0.0-beta2
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- wazuh: from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.14.6; from 5.0.0-beta1, fixed in 5.0.0-beta2

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wazuh, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.6, 5.0.0-beta2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-c3m6-fp2h-wmr4
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35866
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/cddf3fd16b0f945b28eb9c27714de3cc344e0926
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta2

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