CVE-2025-54866 (GCVE-0-2025-54866)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-11-21 18:23
Modified
2025-11-21 18:33
Severity ?
1.8 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
CWE
  • CWE-276 - Incorrect Default Permissions
Summary
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wazuh wazuh Version: >= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0
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