Wazuh versions from 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability where security.update_user places the reserved user guard and password policy inside a falsy truthiness check. A delegated user administrator can send an empty password to the user update endpoint, bypassing the reserved user guard to take over the wazuh superuser account and authenticate with empty credentials.
CVE-2026-74035
HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2Trending — 3 sources updated this week
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence
“—” beside the score: it is equal to the CVSS score beside it.
Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-13. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.
Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: GitHub Security Advisory, a secondary CVSS source
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.2
- EG Score
- 7.2HIGHhigh confidence
- EG Risk
- 32EG Risk 32/100
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)Severity72% × 45%The EG Score, 7.2 of 10.Exploitation0% × 40%No KEV listing, EG-KEV tier or EPSS when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.Automatability0% × 15%CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines. - EPSS PROB
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- EPSS %ILE
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- KEV
- Not listed
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it
Published
October 13, 2026
Last Modified
October 13, 2026
Advisory Details (3)
Auto-updated Oct 13, 2026🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_release.
Web page
Wazuh 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 Authentication Bypass via Empty Password in update_user | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wazuh-4.6.0-before-4.14.8-authentication-bypass-via-empty-password-in-update-userGitHub release Patch Available
Wazuh v4.14.8
Patch available: wazuh/wazuh v4.14.8
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)🟡 PoC Available
An empty password bypasses both the password policy and the reserved user guard in `security.update_user`, allowing a delegated user administrator to take over the `wazuh` superuser account · Advisory · wazuh/wazuh · GitHub
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-27gv-q7q6-f5qhVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74035(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)
Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.
- 2026-10-13 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fv2h-v32g-xqfg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.2
- 2026-10-13 16:55 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 16:55 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-fv2h-v32g-xqfg · GitHub severity HIGH · GitHub CVSS 7.2
- 2026-10-13 14:28 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-10-13 13:41 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.2 HIGH
- 2026-10-13 13:39 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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Frequently asked(4)
What is CVE-2026-74035?
CVE-2026-74035 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 13, 2026. Wazuh versions from 4.6.0 before 4.14.8 contain an authentication bypass vulnerability where security.update_user places the reserved user guard and password policy inside a falsy truthiness check. A delegated user administrator can send an empty password to the user update endpoint, bypassing the…
When was CVE-2026-74035 made public?
CVE-2026-74035 was made public on October 13, 2026: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, VulnCheck, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on October 13, 2026. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 13, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-74035?
CVE-2026-74035 has a CVSS base score of 7.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-74035?
A fix for CVE-2026-74035 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-74035 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.
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