Wazuh 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 Memory Exhaustion via SCA YAML Alias Expansion
Wazuh from 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 contains an uncontrolled YAML alias expansion vulnerability in yaml2json_node that allows a manager-controlled policy to exhaust agent memory. Attackers controlling the manager can push a small SCA policy with nested aliases via merged.mg to OOM-kill wazuh-modulesd on every agent in a group.
CVE-2026-74030
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-74030
wazuh-agent
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
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wazuh-manager
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/1/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
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- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh",
"vendor": "Wazuh",
"product": "wazuh-agent",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.9.0",
"lessThan": "4.14.8",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "4.14.8",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:github/wazuh/wazuh",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
},
{
"repo": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh",
"vendor": "Wazuh",
"product": "wazuh-manager",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "3.9.0",
"lessThan": "4.14.8",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "4.14.8",
"versionType": "semver"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:github/wazuh/wazuh",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-74030
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Publisher severity
medium
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #20439 · Revision 1
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- Publisher date