Security advisory

{
  "id": "42f3f140cb18b836a4dc61ddd388a8ad2e973b5d4507ad1caf6055910581f9ff",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-40497",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2022-40497",
    "summary": "Wazuh v3.6.1 - v3.13.5, v4.0.0 - v4.2.7, and v4.3.0 - v4.3.7 were discovered to contain an authenticated remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability via the Active Response endpoint.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-40497",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-40497",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-40497"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "65e044e7ffd27566bd268d0d0b9984cb4210adc7"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "c51cd75fc2497e8c3b841a131ed39f0ddb2b8265"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "8c2c62a6e9dcbcf2c792f7924e8cfdb26842820b"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "2f40950efaa6c50ba52c2af01b03ece616fdeaea"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "5bae1c1830dbf11acc8a06e01f7a5a134b767760"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "e2b514bef3d148acd4bcae1a1c7fa8783b82ca3a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "3.6.1"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "3.13.5"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.2.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.3.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.3.7"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v4.3.5",
            "v3.13.5",
            "v4.3.7",
            "v3.13.4",
            "v4.3.6",
            "v4.3.4",
            "v4.2.5",
            "v4.2.7",
            "v3.13.3",
            "v4.3.1",
            "v4.2.6",
            "v4.3.0",
            "v4.2.4",
            "v4.2.3",
            "v4.2.2",
            "v4.2.0",
            "v3.13.2",
            "v3.13.1",
            "v3.13.0",
            "v3.12.0",
            "v3.8.0",
            "v3.7.0",
            "v3.6.1"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-40497.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:51.189697795Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40497.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-40497",
        "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/14801"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "mitre",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/40xxx/CVE-2022-40497.json"
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-40497",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 519670,
  "published_at": "2022-09-27T23:34:13+00:00"
}