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CVE-2025-24016

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-24016 is a critical unsafe deserialization vulnerability affecting Wazuh servers, versions 4.4.0 through 4.9.0. This flaw allows for remote code execution by injecting an unsanitized dictionary into DistributedAPI parameters, leading to arbitrary Python code execution. With a CVSS score of 9.9 (CRITICAL), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. This CVE is actively exploited in the wild, with public exploit modules available in Metasploit and Nuclei, and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, including reports of Mirai botnets leveraging the flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.4.0, < 4.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wazuh:wazuh:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.9CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
93.84%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Jun 10, 2025
Metasploit: Wazuh server remote code execution caused by an unsafe deserialization vulnerability. · Feb 10, 2025
Nuclei: CVE-2025-24016 · Feb 13, 2025
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9384 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 1,124 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 1.0 Bluesky, 0.5 Mastodon, and 1.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/wazuh/wazuhFixed in: 4.9.1
github_advisoryvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

goGHSA-hcrc-79hj-m3qhcritical

Wazuh server vulnerable to remote code execution

Apr 22, 2025

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
github.com / wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-hcrc-79hj-m3qh
ExploitVendor Advisory