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Wazuh server remote code execution caused by an unsafe deserialization vulnerability.

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Disclosed
Feb 10, 2025
Created
Aug 12, 2025

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response.
Starting in version 4.4.0 and prior to version 4.9.1, an unsafe deserialization vulnerability
allows for remote code execution on Wazuh servers. DistributedAPI parameters are serialized
as JSON and deserialized using `as_wazuh_object` (in `framework/wazuh/core/cluster/common.py`).
If an attacker manages to inject an unsanitized dictionary in DAPI request/response, they can
forge an unhandled exception (`__unhandled_exc__`) to evaluate arbitrary python code.
The vulnerability can be triggered by anybody with API access (compromised dashboard or Wazuh
servers in the cluster) or, in certain configurations, even by a compromised agent.

Authors

h00die-gr3y [email protected]
DanielFi https://github.com/DanielFi

Platform

Linux,Unix

Architectures

cmd

References

Module Options

To display the available options, load the module within the Metasploit console and run the commands 'show options' or 'show advanced':


    msf > use exploit/linux/http/wazuh_auth_rce_cve_2025_24016
    msf exploit(wazuh_auth_rce_cve_2025_24016) > show targets
        ...targets...
    msf exploit(wazuh_auth_rce_cve_2025_24016) > set TARGET < target-id >
    msf exploit(wazuh_auth_rce_cve_2025_24016) > show options
        ...show and set options...
    msf exploit(wazuh_auth_rce_cve_2025_24016) > exploit
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