Is CVE-2025-64169 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-64169 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-12-02.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-64169?

CVE-2025-64169 has a CVSS score of 5.1 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X.

How do I patch CVE-2025-64169?

Patch guidance is available from wazuh security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-64169.

CVE-2025-64169 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Description

Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. From version 3.7.0 to before 4.12.0, fim_alert() implementation does not check whether oldsum->md5 is NULL or not before dereferencing it. A compromised agent can cause a crash of analysisd by sending a specially crafted message to the wazuh manager. This issue has been patched in version 4.12.0.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: high
User Action: none
Confidentiality: undefined
Integrity: undefined
Availability: undefined
Weaknesses: CWE-252 CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

Metadata

Primary Vendor: WAZUH
Published: 11/21/2025
Last Modified: 12/2/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2025-64169

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