Administrator access retention via skipped token-blacklist checks
Published Oct 13, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026
Session invalidation in Wazuh manager before 4.14.8 allows remote authenticated users to retain administrator access via stale API tokens. The check_token function checks the blacklist only inside a static-role loop, which never runs for users with zero static roles. Exploitation requires a previously privileged run_as token; self-linking the administrator role makes access permanent.
Summary
What happened
Session invalidation in Wazuh manager before 4.14.8 allows remote authenticated users to retain administrator access via stale API tokens. The check_token function checks the blacklist only inside a static-role loop, which never runs for users with zero static roles. Exploitation requires a previously privileged run_as token; self-linking the administrator role makes access permanent.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-74037
- Published
- Oct 13, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 13, 2026
- Vendor
- Wazuh
- Product
- Wazuh manager
- Classifications
- CWE-613, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 13, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Oct 13, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=4.0.0 <4.14.8
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