Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-44253
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 3.9.0 until 4.14.5 and 5.0.0-beta2, the Wazuh cluster protocol in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/common.py allows an authenticated cluster node to exhaust memory on the master. The receive_str() method accepts an attacker-controlled total for InBuffer without a maximum, so a new_str command can request a multi-gigabyte bytearray and repeated requests accumulate in in_str. The divided-message path also retains flag_divided fragments under unique counters in div_msg_box without a count, aggregate-size, or expiration limit. Exploitation can disrupt agent connectivity and alert processing across the monitored environment. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.5 and 5.0.0-beta2.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.005
EPSS Ranking 42.2%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 4.9
Products affected by CVE-2026-44253
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.11.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.12.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.12.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.12.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.13.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:3.9.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.0.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.10.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.11.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.12.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.13.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.13.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.14.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.2.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.3.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.4.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.5.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.6.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.7.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.8.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:4.9.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:5.0.0