Medium severity · published Nov 21, 2025
CVE-2025-54866
Wazuh installation fails to protected authd.pass on Windows
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WA
wazuh · wazuh
>= 4.3.0, < 4.13.0 · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54866
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54866
Patch
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/606f19e688944ebe5d28d72eb81ac36f8fffb143
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/31187
Release Notes
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.13.0
Exploit
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-mvfx-ph7m-qm37
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