Wazuh installation fails to protected authd.pass on Windows_CVE-2025-54866

1.8 / 10

LOW

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-54866

Source GitHub_M

Published Nov 21, 2025 at 18:23

Modified Nov 21, 2025 at 18:33

Affected Product

Vendor wazuh

Product wazuh

Version >= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0

Affected Versions wazuh wazuh >= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0

CWE Classification

CWE-276

References

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