Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, Wazuh's server API brute-force protection for POST /security/user/authenticate can be bypassed by sending concurrent authentication requests. Although the configured threshold (max_login_attempts, default 50) is enforced correctly for sequential requests, a parallel burst allows significantly more failed login attempts to be processed before the IP block is applied. This enables an attacker to perform more password guesses than the configured policy intends (e.g., 100 attempts processed where 50 should be allowed). This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4.
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Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Wazuh
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Vendors & Products Wazuh
Wazuh wazuh

Wed, 29 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.0.0 to before version 4.14.4, Wazuh's server API brute-force protection for POST /security/user/authenticate can be bypassed by sending concurrent authentication requests. Although the configured threshold (max_login_attempts, default 50) is enforced correctly for sequential requests, a parallel burst allows significantly more failed login attempts to be processed before the IP block is applied. This enables an attacker to perform more password guesses than the configured policy intends (e.g., 100 attempts processed where 50 should be allowed). This issue has been patched in version 4.14.4.
Title Wazuh: API brute-force protection bypass via race condition in login attempt tracking
Weaknesses CWE-307
CWE-362
CWE-367
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-29T18:51:59.594Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T19:56:24.814Z

Link: CVE-2026-26206

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-04-29T18:50:23.679Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-29T19:16:22.600

Modified: 2026-04-30T15:11:12.703

Link: CVE-2026-26206

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-30T04:00:15Z

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