Wazuh from 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 contains an uncontrolled YAML alias expansion vulnerability in yaml2json_node that allows a manager-controlled policy to exhaust agent memory. Attackers controlling the manager can push a small SCA policy with nested aliases via merged.mg to OOM-kill wazuh-modulesd on every agent in a group.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2026 20:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wazuh wazuh-agent
Wazuh wazuh-manager
Vendors & Products Wazuh wazuh-agent
Wazuh wazuh-manager

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 13 Oct 2026 13:45:00 +0000

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Description Wazuh from 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 contains an uncontrolled YAML alias expansion vulnerability in yaml2json_node that allows a manager-controlled policy to exhaust agent memory. Attackers controlling the manager can push a small SCA policy with nested aliases via merged.mg to OOM-kill wazuh-modulesd on every agent in a group.
Title Wazuh 3.9.0 before 4.14.8 Memory Exhaustion via SCA YAML Alias Expansion
First Time appeared Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
Weaknesses CWE-776
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-13T16:43:37.400Z

Reserved: 2026-08-14T14:06:40.511Z

Link: CVE-2026-74030

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T15:47:52.791Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-13T14:17:39.470

Modified: 2026-10-13T20:39:48.767

Link: CVE-2026-74030

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T20:15:14Z

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