# CVE-2026-45798: Wazuh: Pre-auth stack-buffer-overflow in compare\_wazuh\_versions reachable from wazuh-authd (TCP/1515) via crafted enrollment V: field

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, 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 4.5.0, 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 4.5.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, compare_wazuh_versions() in src/shared/version_op.c copies the attacker-controlled enrollment V: field into a 10-byte stack buffer with strncpy() but does not explicitly terminate the buffer. The function is reachable before authentication through wazuh-authd on TCP port 1515 when anonymous TLS enrollment is enabled. A version string of at least nine non-null bytes can cause strchr() and strtok() to read beyond ver2 and can make strtok() write a null byte into adjacent stack memory, allowing a remote denial of service. 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-4fvp-jfc3-qr6r
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/36059
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/b6aac379982d6144b8da38450cbea6c8dc15be44
- 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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