How broadly exploitable is this vulnerability?

Exploitation is scoped to environments where an attacker can obtain valid cluster node credentials or otherwise impersonate a cluster member. It is not typically exploitable by unauthenticated, external attackers on the open internet, but any compromise of a cluster node or leakage of cluster credentials can turn this into a critical escalation path.

Does exploitation require local access to the Wazuh Manager host?

No direct local shell access to the manager is required. An attacker needs network access to the cluster synchronization interface and valid cluster authentication. From there, they can abuse the protocol to write to `ossec.conf` and leverage the root-privileged log collector.

What is the safest general fix pattern?

The safest pattern is to remove the ability for remotely influenced components to write critical configuration files and ensure those files are restricted to root or tightly controlled administrative accounts. Additionally, command execution features triggered via configuration should be minimized, tightly validated, or decoupled from root-privileged services.

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

Privilege Escalation via Insecure Cluster File Write and Config Injection (CWE-269) in Wazuh Manager

CVE-2026-25770

Published:

Mar 17, 2026

Status:

Analyzed

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

NDV

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Vulnerability Type

Category:

Privilege Escalation via Insecure Configuration and File Permissions

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-269;CWE-732

Impact:

Remote Code Execution with Privilege Escalation to root

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

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CVSS Version:

3.1

Vulnerability Type

Category:

Privilege Escalation via Insecure Configuration and File Permissions

CWE:

CWE-22;CWE-269;CWE-732

Impact:

Remote Code Execution with Privilege Escalation to root

Severity:

CRITICAL RISK

(9.1)

CVSS Version:

3.1

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Privilege Escalation via Insecure Cluster File Write and Config Injection (CWE-269) in Wazuh Manager

Summary

Affected Context

Exploit Preconditions

Why This Happens

Potential Impact

General Mitigation Guidance

How Teams Detect Issues Like This

Frequently Asked Questions

Source

Recent Vulnerabilities

HIGH RISK

HIGH

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