Wazuh up to 3.13.5/4.2.7/4.3.7 Active Response Endpoint privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wazuh up to 3.13.5/4.2.7/4.3.7 and classified as critical. This affects an unknown function of the component Active Response Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2022-40497. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Wazuh up to 3.13.5/4.2.7/4.3.7 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Active Response Endpoint. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was presented 09/28/2022. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-40497 since 09/11/2022. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

09/11/2022 🔍
09/28/2022 +17 days 🔍
09/28/2022 +0 days 🔍
05/22/2025 +967 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2022-40497 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-40497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-209668

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2022 07:25
Updated: 05/22/2025 03:44
Changes: 09/28/2022 07:25 (37), 10/24/2022 17:03 (11), 05/22/2025 03:44 (15)
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