Wazuh: Username Enumeration via Timing Side-Channel
13Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 5.3epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 62% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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-beta2, AuthenticationManager.check_user() in framework/wazuh/rbac/orm.py performs check_password_hash() only when the supplied username exists. A nonexistent username returns immediately, while a valid username causes an expensive bcrypt calculation. An unauthenticated remote attacker can compare authentication response times to enumerate valid Wazuh usernames and use that information in subsequent credential attacks. This issue is fixed in versions 4.14.6 and 5.0.0-beta2.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Affected products
wazuh · wazuhReferences
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/commit/5ecea7b38b998407cb0d205467dd247140a0f981https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/pull/35757https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v4.14.6https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/releases/tag/v5.0.0-beta2https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-3978-44q9-9px9