Wazuh up to 4.14.8 JSON decoder memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Wazuh up to 4.14.8. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component JSON decoder. The manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-112336. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Wazuh up to 4.14.8 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component JSON decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, making the memory unavailable for reallocation and reuse. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Wazuh Manager from 3.0.0 before 4.14.9 contains a memory leak vulnerability in the generic JSON decoder that allows remote attackers to exhaust wazuh-analysisd memory via repeated static fields. Attackers can enroll an agent through passwordless enrollment and send events with duplicate fields such as id, triggering an OOM kill that disables alerting.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-112336 since 10/19/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 4.14.9 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.3

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Wazuh 4.14.9

Timelineinfo

10/19/2026 CVE reserved
11/06/2026 +18 days Advisory disclosed
11/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
11/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: github.com
Status: Confirmed

CNA: VulnCheck
CVE: CVE-2026-112336 (🔒)

GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-112336
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-431951

Entryinfo

Created: 11/06/2026 16:31
Changes: 11/06/2026 16:31 (75)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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