Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 1.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, a heap-based out-of-bounds WRITE occurs in GetAlertData, resulting in writing a NULL byte exactly 1 byte before the start of the buffer allocated by strdup. Due to unsigned integer underflow and pointer arithmetic wrapping, the write lands at offset -1 from the buffer, corrupting heap metadata. A malicious actor can potentially leverage this issue through a compromised agent to cause denial of service or heap corruption by injecting a specially crafted alert into the alerts log file monitored by wazuh-logcollector. This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4.
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"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/26xxx/CVE-2026-26204.json",
"cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-124",
"CWE-191"
]
}{
"source": [
"AFFECTED_FIELD",
"CPE_RANGE",
"REFERENCES"
],
"extracted_events": [
{
"introduced": "1.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "4.14.4"
}
],
"cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}