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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-44079

In the wazuh-slack active response script in Wazuh 4.2.x before 4.2.5, untrusted user agents are passed to a curl command line, potentially resulting in remote code execution.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:01 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-44079

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Nov 2021, 07:15 UTC

In the wazuh-slack active response script in Wazuh 4.2.x before 4.2.5, untrusted user agents are passed to a curl command line, potentially resulting in remote code execution.

osv:CVE-2021-44079
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-44079",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-44079",
    "summary": "In the wazuh-slack active response script in Wazuh 4.2.x before 4.2.5, untrusted user agents are passed to a curl command line, potentially resulting in remote code execution.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-44079",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2.0"
                      },
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                        "fixed": "4.2.5"
                      }
                    ],
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "v4.2.4",
            "v4.2.3",
            "v4.2.2",
            "v4.2.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:55:05.052024804Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/issues/10858",
        "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/issues/10858#issuecomment-991118254",
        "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/10809"
      ],
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        "value": "CVE-2021-44079",
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 386850,
  "published_at": "2021-11-22T07:15:07.017+00:00"
}