CVE-2023-42455: Wazuh Wazuh-Dashboard

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 0.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Wazuh is a security detection, visibility, and compliance open source project. In versions 4.4.0 and 4.4.1, it is possible to get the Wazuh API administrator key used by the Dashboard using the browser development tools. This allows a logged user to the dashboard to become administrator of the API, even if their dashboard role is not. Version 4.4.2 contains a fix. There are no known workarounds.

Affected products

• Wazuh Wazuh-Dashboard: from 4.4.0, before 4.4.2 (fixed in 4.4.2)
• Wazuh Wazuh-Kibana-App: from 4.4.0, before 4.4.2 (fixed in 4.4.2)

Published 2023-10-09. Last modified 2026-06-17.