CVE-2026-74036: Wazuh Wazuh-Agent

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Wazuh from 4.3.0 before 4.14.8 contains a remote code execution vulnerability where SCA policy trust is determined by file path rather than configuration source. Attackers controlling a manager can write unsigned policy files to var/incoming via the upgrade channel and reference them to execute command checks as root on agents.

Affected products

• Wazuh Wazuh-Agent: from 4.3.0, before 4.14.8 (fixed in 4.14.8)

Published 2026-10-13. Last modified 2026-10-15.