CVE-2026-44256 (GCVE-0-2026-44256)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 16:21
Modified
2026-08-19 18:18
Severity ?
5.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-117 - Improper Output Neutralization for Logs
Summary
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.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
wazuh wazuh Version: >= 4.4.0, < 4.14.6
Version: >= 5.0.0-beta1, < 5.0.0-beta2
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