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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-26814

Wazuh API in Wazuh from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges via /manager/files URI. An authenticated user to the service may exploit incomplete input validation on the /manager/files API to inject arbitrary code within the API service script.

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CVE-2021-26814
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31 Oct 2026, 11:42 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2021-26814

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Mar 2021, 02:15 UTC

Wazuh API in Wazuh from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges via /manager/files URI. An authenticated user to the service may exploit incomplete input validation on the /manager/files API to inject arbitrary code within the API service script.

osv:CVE-2021-26814
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-26814",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "Wazuh API in Wazuh from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges via /manager/files URI. An authenticated user to the service may exploit incomplete input validation on the /manager/files API to inject arbitrary code within the API service script.",
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      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:54:34.703043220Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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    "related_cves": [
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    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 385634,
  "published_at": "2021-03-06T02:15:12.1+00:00"
}