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Vulnerability · Published Nov 21, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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

Low 1.8

In plain English

A low-severity incorrect default permissions in wazuh from wazuh. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)1.8Low
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
wazuh wazuh >= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0

Weakness: CWE-276 · Vector: 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

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