CVE 6.9 MEDIUM

Wazuh vulnerable to NULL pointer dereference in fim_alert line 712_CVE-2025-62789

6.9 / 10
MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Prior to 4.11.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether the return value of ctime_r is NULL or not before calling strdup() on it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. An attacker who is able to craft and send an agent message to the wazuh manager can cause analysisd to crash and make it unavailable. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.11.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-62789
Source GitHub_M
Published Oct 29, 2025 at 16:44
Modified Oct 29, 2025 at 19:09

Affected Product

Vendor wazuh
Product wazuh
Version < 4.11.0
Affected Versions wazuh wazuh < 4.11.0

CWE Classification

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