Buffer Over-read Affecting wazuh/wazuh package, versions [,4.12.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-WAZUHWAZUH-13786830
  • published31 Oct 2025
  • disclosed29 Oct 2025
  • creditgmetaxo

Introduced: 29 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-62792  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-126  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wazuh/wazuh to version 4.12.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Over-read in the w_expression_match() function when strlen() is called on a buffer that is not properly NULL terminated during its allocation in OS_CleanMSG. An attacker can access sensitive data by sending a specially crafted message to the manager process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1