Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessRetain valid token after admin grant revoked
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Deliverycheck_token skips blacklist lookup
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ExploitRe-authenticate as run_as user
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ExecutionSelf-link administrator role
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ImpactPermanent privileged control of Wazuh manager
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V7 - Session Management Session expiration enforcement
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| Exploitation Conditions | Requires that the targeted account be a run_as user with zero static roles and that the attacker already possesses a previously issued, still-cryptographically-valid JWT whose administrator grant has since been revoked - the flaw is that check_token never consults the revocation blacklist, so the stale token keeps working. Exploitation is strictly limited to actors who previously held high Wazuh privileges (PR:H); it cannot be triggered by an unauthenticated external attacker, requires no user interaction (UI:N), and is relevant only on Wazuh manager 4.0.0 through 4.14.7 where run_as/RBAC with revocation is actually in use. The practical threat model is insider or post-offboarding retention rather than opportunistic remote compromise. |
| Impact | This is a genuine privilege-persistence flaw worth prioritizing in environments that use Wazuh's run_as RBAC, though it is not a mass-exploitation 'drop everything' issue. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N, VC:H/VI:H/VA:H) scores 8.6 HIGH and correctly reflects that exploitation requires an attacker who already held high privileges (PR:H) - specifically a run_as user with zero static roles whose administrator grant was revoked. The impact is severe once conditions are met: full confidentiality, integrity, and availability loss over the Wazuh manager via permanent admin retention. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no public POC were provided, so this is best characterized as no public exploit identified at time of analysis - meaning real-world risk is currently driven by the insider/post-revocation threat model rather than opportunistic internet-wide scanning. The PR:H requirement is the key risk-limiter: an external attacker with no prior foothold cannot trigger this, so it is most relevant to organizations that rotate/revoke Wazuh admin access and need that revocation to actually hold (e.g. offboarding, incident containment). The CWE-613 classification (Insufficient Session Expiration) is consistent with the description that check_token never consults the blacklist. Note a tagging inconsistency: the input tags this as 'Information Disclosure', but the described impact is privilege retention / authorization bypass with full C/I/A impact, not disclosure. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An administrator's access to the Wazuh manager is revoked (e.g. after offboarding or during incident response), but the attacker still holds a previously issued JWT for a run_as user with zero static roles. Because check_token never checks the revocation blacklist, the stale token continues to authenticate, and the attacker self-links the administrator role to permanently regain privileged control of the manager. No public exploit was identified in the provided data; exploitation requires prior high-privilege access (PR:H). |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Wazuh Manager 4.0.0 through 4.14.7 fails to consult its token revocation blacklist inside the check_token routine, so a previously issued administrator JWT remains usable after the administrator grant behind it has been revoked. The bypass specifically affects run_as users that have zero static roles: such an account can keep authenticating with the stale token and self-link the administrator role, permanently re-acquiring privileged access it was supposed to have lost. Exploitation requires an already authenticated actor who previously held high privileges (CVSS vector PR:H), meaning the realistic threat is insider or post-offboarding privilege retention rather than external compromise; no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation (CISA KEV) was identified at time of analysis, and a vendor-released patch is available as 4.14.8.
RemediationAI
Upgrade Wazuh Manager to v4.14.8, the vendor-released patch version referenced in the advisory's patch link (https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.8), and verify against GHSA-3xm6-wp5v-2fm9 (https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-3xm6-wp5v-2fm9) which lists the fix; if you cannot upgrade immediately, invalidate the affected credential class directly by rotating the JWT signing secret or API credentials so every outstanding token becomes cryptographically invalid - the trade-off is that all API sessions, including legitimate ones, are forced to re-authenticate. In parallel, review run_as users that have zero static roles and either remove them or assign static roles so the vulnerable token path is no longer exercised, and audit logs for repeated authentication by accounts whose administrator grant was already revoked, since such events indicate the stale token is still being accepted. Rotating credentials alone does not patch the underlying CWE-613 logic, so treat it as a temporary compensating control and schedule the 4.14.8 upgrade; note that no public exploit code or confirmed active exploitation was identified at time of analysis, so prioritization should be driven by exposure of run_as/RBAC revocation workflows rather than by mass-exploitation urgency.
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Wazuh is an open-source SIEM/XDR platform, and the wazuh-manager component exposes a REST API protected by JWT bearer tokens issued through an RBAC layer that supports roles and impersonation via run_as users. Per the reported flaw, the API's check_token validation path never queries the token blacklist, the structure used to record revoked or invalidated JWTs, so a token that should have been invalidated continues to validate for as long as it is cryptographically valid. The failure is scoped to run_as users configured with zero static roles, which per the advisory take a code path where the blacklist is not consulted; CWE-613 (Insufficient Session Expiration) captures the root cause, as session/token lifecycle management does not terminate credentials at privilege revocation time. Because the stale token still carries a valid signature and is accepted by check_token, the holder can re-authenticate and then link the administrator role to itself, converting a temporary revocation into durable privileged access on the manager. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh-manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*, covering the 4.0.0 to pre-4.14.8 range.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-facing API (AV:N) with no user interaction, but the attacker must have previously held administrator-level grants and a valid token, so PR:H; full control of the manager yields C/I/A:H with scope unchanged.
Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).
CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck
DescriptionCVE.org
Wazuh 4.0.0 before 4.14.8 fails to invalidate issued tokens for run_as users with zero static roles, because check_token never consults the blacklist. Attackers with revoked administrator grants can continue authenticating and self-link the administrator role to permanently retain privileged access.
Technical POC Analysis
CWE-613 (Insufficient Session Expiration).
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Executive ViewAI
Wazuh Manager versions 4.0.0 through 4.14.7 can allow a previously privileged account to silently regain administrator access after that access has been revoked, because the platform continues to honor old authentication tokens. The exposure is concentrated in insider and offboarding scenarios: someone who already held high privileges - such as a departing administrator or contractor - could retain or restore control of security monitoring infrastructure that leadership believes has been taken away. Because Wazuh is often the system that detects and alerts on other threats, an unauthorized retention of its administrative role undermines the integrity of the organization's entire security monitoring posture.
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
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