CVE-2021-26814
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NVD analysis
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-03-06T02:15:12.100
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17T03:43:49.140
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
Wazuh API in Wazuh from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges via /manager/files URI. An authenticated user to the service may exploit incomplete input validation on the /manager/files API to inject arbitrary code within the API service script.
| Metric | Score | Severity | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | 8.8 | HIGH | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | [email protected] (Primary) |
| CVSS 2.0 | 6.5 | MEDIUM | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P | [email protected] (Primary) |
References
- https://documentation.wazuh.com/4.0/release-notes/release_4_0_4.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.0.4 (Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
- https://documentation.wazuh.com/4.0/release-notes/release_4_0_4.html (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.0.4 (Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
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CVE record
- Assigner
- mitre
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- 2021-03-06T01:24:12.000Z
- Updated
- 2024-08-03T20:33:41.056Z
- Problem types
- n/a
Wazuh API in Wazuh from 4.0.0 to 4.0.3 allows authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with administrative privileges via /manager/files URI. An authenticated user to the service may exploit incomplete input validation on the /manager/files API to inject arbitrary code within the API service script.
References
- https://documentation.wazuh.com/4.0/release-notes/release_4_0_4.html
- https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.0.4
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Also known as / affected packages
GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg
Also known as: CVE-2021-26814. OSV.dev record, GitHub advisory.
- npm wazuh: introduced 4.0.0, fixed 4.0.4
Read on 2026-11-03T01:48:42.590Z under licence ghsa-cc-by-4.0@9e5f1b3c from https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg
Detection rules (SigmaHQ)
SigmaHQ rules whose own tags name this CVE. Each rule page shows the rule as its author published it.
- Exploitation of CVE-2021-26814 in Wazuh (status test, level high)
Defensive techniques (MITRE D3FEND)
D3FEND maps these defensive techniques to the weakness (CWE) that NVD lists for this CVE, through the digital artifacts the weakness affects. D3FEND does not say they stop this vulnerability.
CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- Isolate: Application-based Process Isolation (acts on Subroutine)
- Model: Software Inventory (acts on Software)
- Harden: Variable Initialization (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Software Update (acts on Software)
- Harden: Domain Logic Validation (acts on Subroutine)
- Restore: Restore Software (acts on Software)
- Model: Asset Vulnerability Enumeration (acts on Software)
- Harden: Trusted Library (acts on Subroutine)
- Harden: Credential Scrubbing (acts on Subroutine)
D3FEND ontology version 1.6.0.
Read on 2026-11-02T23:53:56.145Z under licence d3fend-terms-of-use@f98cbc7e from https://d3fend.mitre.org/api/weakness/cwe/CWE-22.json
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Sources and licences
National Vulnerability Database (NIST)
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CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation
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GitHub Advisory Database via OSV.dev
GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg: GitHub Advisory Database, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg. Licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), provided as is, without warranties. Retrieved via OSV.dev (https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg), which enriches records; fields selected and reformatted by ransomware-tracker.com.
SigmaHQ
"Exploitation of CVE-2021-26814 in Wazuh" by Florian Roth (Nextron Systems) (SigmaHQ). Rule: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/sigma/blob/ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84/rules-emerging-threats/2021/Exploits/CVE-2021-26814/web_cve_2021_26814_wzuh_rce.yml.
Licensed under the Detection Rule License (DRL) 1.1: https://github.com/SigmaHQ/Detection-Rule-LicenseMITRE D3FEND
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Cite this page
Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2021-26814",
entity page, dataset version ref-a0875483cfdf, updated 2026-06-17T03:43:49.140Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2021-26814 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T03:43:49.140.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2024-08-03T20:33:41.056Z.
Underlying source: GitHub Advisory Database, GHSA-w36g-q975-37rg, via OSV.dev, modified 2023-11-08T04:05:22.404105Z.
Underlying source: SigmaHQ rule b9888738-29ed-4c54-96a4-f38c57b84bb3, commit ccbb0369507f796db0b0ae6854c8a2be471b9d84.
Underlying source: MITRE D3FEND, ontology version 1.6.0.
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