Description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.9.0 until 4.10.4 and 4.14.6, PUT /security/users/{user_id} in api/api/controllers/security_controller.py passes request.get("user") instead of request.context['token_info']['sub'] as current_user. remove_nones_to_dict() removes the resulting None value, so the reserved-account protection in framework/wazuh/security.py cannot verify who is making the request. An authenticated user with the users_admin role can overwrite the password of protected administrator accounts with user IDs at or below 99, including the wazuh superuser, and gain full administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.10.4 and 4.14.6.
Published: 2026-08-19
Score: 8.2 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh

Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.9.0 until 4.10.4 and 4.14.6, PUT /security/users/{user_id} in api/api/controllers/security_controller.py passes request.get("user") instead of request.context['token_info']['sub'] as current_user. remove_nones_to_dict() removes the resulting None value, so the reserved-account protection in framework/wazuh/security.py cannot verify who is making the request. An authenticated user with the users_admin role can overwrite the password of protected administrator accounts with user IDs at or below 99, including the wazuh superuser, and gain full administrative control. This issue is fixed in versions 4.10.4 and 4.14.6.
Title Wazuh: Privilege Escalation via Admin-Protection Bypass in update-user API Endpoint
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-19T16:18:24.888Z

Reserved: 2026-04-20T15:32:33.814Z

Link: CVE-2026-41424

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-19T17:18:47.837

Modified: 2026-08-19T17:18:47.837

Link: CVE-2026-41424

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-19T18:00:05Z

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