# CVE-2026-49392: Wazuh: Local SQL injection in FIM db due to path lookup interpolation in wazuh-syscheckd

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.6, 5.0.0-beta3
- Published: 2026-08-19 · Updated: 2026-08-19

## Affected

- wazuh: from 4.6.0, fixed in 4.14.6; from 5.0.0-beta1, fixed in 5.0.0-beta3

## Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.6.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3, DB::getFile() and DB::searchFile() in src/syscheckd/src/db/src/file.cpp concatenate a monitored file path into SQLite row filters. On non-Windows systems, FIMDBCreator::encodeString() does not escape the value. A local user who can create a filename in a File Integrity Monitoring directory can inject a UNION SELECT expression when wazuh-syscheckd processes or deletes that path. The confirmed primitive manipulates SELECT result sets consumed by the FIM code; stacked statements and remote code execution were not demonstrated. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wazuh, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.6, 5.0.0-beta3) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-9c4x-mrjh-rmw5
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/36399
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/8e4e25b971dfb7b15bc492f10f8a350e6b37e70e
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3

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