{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "4.0.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "4.14.6"
              },
              {
                "introduced": "5.0.0-beta1"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "5.0.0-beta3"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "AFFECTED_FIELD",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "8c2c62a6e9dcbcf2c792f7924e8cfdb26842820b"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "cddd833300cb5af494ba7dab31192bae649eb184"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "44c2925b46bd058d2426bd44ed1b3e5d7b7b03b4"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "da844a6fdafd7388d11114841482596d1efdf5b3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "de1eeedbe336744934be4e20d87d84a76e438cee"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-r6f5-h662-8ffc"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-73"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48162.json"
  },
  "details": "Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From 4.0.0 until 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3, DistributedAPI.send_tmp_file() in framework/wazuh/core/cluster/dapi/dapi.py joins an attacker-controlled tmp_file value to WAZUH_PATH without canonicalization or confinement. A cluster peer holding the shared Fernet key can use traversal or an absolute path to make the master return any readable file over the cluster channel. Reading /var/ossec/api/configuration/security/private_key.pem allows the peer to forge administrator REST API tokens offline and then exercise administrative privileges without creating an account. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta3.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-48162",
  "modified": "2026-08-21T03:30:32.935099031Z",
  "published": "2026-08-19T16:13:15.857Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/48xxx/CVE-2026-48162.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-r6f5-h662-8ffc"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-48162"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/de1eeedbe336744934be4e20d87d84a76e438cee"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/36246"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Wazuh: cluster peer can read arbitrary master files and forge offline REST API administrator tokens via DAPI tmp_file path injection in Wazuh manager"
}