Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-44256
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.4.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2, api/api/middlewares.py decodes the Basic authentication username before credential validation and passes it to the access logger without neutralizing control characters. api/api/alogging.py interpolates that value into the plain-text API log. An unauthenticated attacker can include carriage returns or line feeds in the username to forge entries, obscure activity, or poison systems that consume the plain-text audit log. The JSON log format is not affected because JSON serialization escapes these characters. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.003
EPSS Ranking 24.5%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 5.3
References
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/cddf3fd16b0f945b28eb9c27714de3cc344e0926
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35866
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta2
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-c3m6-fp2h-wmr4
Products affected by CVE-2026-44256
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0