Is CVE-2026-74036 exploited in the wild?

No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-74036 being exploited in the wild.

How severe is CVE-2026-74036?

High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 13 October 2026.

Which products and versions are affected?

Wazuh Agent 4.3.0 before 4.14.8.

Is there a fix for CVE-2026-74036?

Yes: fixed in 4.14.8. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

How is CVE-2026-74036 attacked?

It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

Am I affected by CVE-2026-74036?

Check whether you run Wazuh Agent at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

CVE-2026-74036: Wazuh remote code execution via SCA policy path validation

CVE-2026-74036 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-10-13

Wazuh is a security monitoring platform that runs agents on servers to collect and analyze system events. An attacker who controls a Wazuh manager can execute arbitrary commands as root on any connected agent by writing malicious policy files to an unsigned upgrade directory and referencing them through configuration, bypassing the intended sca.remote_commands security restriction. This gives an attacker complete control over monitored systems.

Technologies: Wazuh Agent. Vendors: Wazuh.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-74036 exploited in the wild?: No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-74036 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-74036?: High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 13 October 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?: Wazuh Agent 4.3.0 before 4.14.8.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-74036?: Yes: fixed in 4.14.8. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-74036 attacked?: It is attacked over the network, in a software library.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-74036?: Check whether you run Wazuh Agent at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

Fixed in: 4.14.8

Technical details

The vulnerability stems from insufficient path validation in SCA (Security Configuration Assessment) policy handling. The gate that enforces sca.remote_commands determines whether a policy is "remote" (untrusted) based solely on file path location rather than configuration source; a policy outside etc/shared/ is trusted. An attacker can write unsigned policy files to var/incoming/ via the upgrade channel (which performs signature checks only later), then reference them from agent.conf, causing command checks to execute as root on the agent without signature verification.

Affected products

Wazuh Agent 4.3.0 before 4.14.8

Timeline

2026-10-13: disclosed
2026-09-25: patched

References

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