5.5

CVE-2025-54866: wazuh Incorrect Default Permissions

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
Published 21-11-2025Last modified 21-11-2025
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-54866 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Incorrect Default Permissions vulnerability in wazuh. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.17%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 21-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 4.3.0 to before 4.13.0, a missing ACL on "C:\Program Files (x86)\ossec-agent\authd.pass" exposes the password to all "Authenticated Users" on the local machine. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Wazuh

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wazuh1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

4 links