CVE-2023-7340

Wazuh authd contains a heap-buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause memory corruption and malformed heap data by sending specially crafted input. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability to trigger a denial of service condition, resulting in low availability impact to the authentication daemon.

CVSS v3 3.5 LOW

3.5^/10

CVSS v3 : LOW

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.1 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/wazuh/wazuh/security/advisories/GHSA-grjq-p5fg-m24r
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/heap-buffer-overflow-in-wazuh-authd

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-03-27 16:16

Updated : 2026-03-30 13:26

NVD link : CVE-2023-7340

Mitre link : CVE-2023-7340

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-7340

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

CWE-125

Out-of-bounds Read

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