Description
Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption.
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Remediation
Vendor Solution
Upgrade the affected package to 4.14.7 or later.
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Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Wazuh 4.4.0 before 4.14.7 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the fdecompress_files() function within cluster.py that allows authenticated cluster peers to exhaust memory by supplying a malicious synchronization archive without decompressed size limits. Attackers holding a valid cluster Fernet key can upload a small, highly compressed zip bomb archive that forces wazuh-clusterd on the master node to decompress the full payload into memory, causing memory exhaustion and service disruption. | |
| Title | Wazuh 4.4.0 < 4.14.7 DoS via fdecompress_files() Zip Bomb | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-409 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-18T17:27:24.053Z
Reserved: 2026-08-14T14:06:40.513Z
Link: CVE-2026-74046
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CWE-409
Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)