CVE-2025-30201 Wazuh NetNTLMv2 Hash Theft In Multiple Centralized Configuration Capabilities
Authenticated attackers can force NTLM authentication via malicious UNC paths in Wazuh Agent, leading to privilege escalation and remote code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-30201?
CVE-2025-30201 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wazuh Wazuh, published on 21 Nov 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wazuh is a free and open source platform used for threat prevention, detection, and response. Prior to version 4.13.0, a vulnerability in Wazuh Agent allows authenticated attackers to force NTLM authentication through malicious UNC paths in various agent configuration settings, potentially leading NTLM relay attacks that would result privilege escalation and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in version 4.13.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-30201?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wazuh Wazuh.
How do I fix CVE-2025-30201?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-30201 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-30201 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-30201 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Wazuh Wazuh
- CVE-2025-24016 Wazuh Server Deserialization of Untrusted Data
- CVE-2024-32038 Wazuh Analysis Engine Event Decoder Heap-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2021-44079 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2024-1243 Remote code execution and local privilege escalation in Wazuh Windows agent via NetNTLMv2 hash theft
- CVE-2026-61800 Wazuh cluster worker file sync allows arbitrary file write under /var/ossec (incomplete fix for CVE-2026-30893)
Sources
Also known as GHSA-x697-jf34-gp5x.