Heap-based Buffer Overflow Affecting wazuh/wazuh package, versions [3.8.0,4.11.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (18th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WAZUHWAZUH-13206922
  • published3 Oct 2025
  • disclosed27 Sept 2025
  • creditKonstantin Bücheler

Introduced: 27 Sep 2025

NewCVE-2025-59938  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-122  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wazuh/wazuh to version 4.11.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Heap-based Buffer Overflow in the wazuh-analysisd when parsing XML elements from Windows EventChannel messages. An attacker can cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted XML data.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1