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Wazuh

v4.14.9 open-source

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDRXDRExtended detection and response, combining signals and investigation across endpoints, networks, identities or cloud services. It helps analysts connect activity that separate tools might miss. and SIEMSIEMSecurity information and event management, collecting logs from many systems and correlating events to find suspicious activity. Analysts use it to investigate alerts and incidents. protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

Summary

Wazuh is an open-source siem platform, free to use, that handles threat prevention, detection, and response across on-premises, cloud, container, and virtualized environments. It runs as an endpoint agent paired with a central management server that collects and analyzes the agent data, and it integrates with the Elastic Stack for search and visualization of alerts. The agent scans monitored systems for malware, rootkits, and hidden processes, while the server applies signature-based rules to logs and can also ingest syslog from devices with no agent installed, making it suited to SOCSOCA security operations center, the team or function that monitors threats, investigates alerts and coordinates incident response. Its work can be internal, outsourced or shared. analysts and teams responsible for endpoint security and log analysis rather than individual researchers. First committed in 2005, it remains under active development, with 539 contributors, nearly 6,000 commits in the past year, and a release only 22 days old.

Wazuh - The Open Source Security Platform. Unified XDR and SIEM protection for endpoints and cloud workloads.

How Wazuh helps

Has anything on this endpoint been modified in a way that shouldn't have happened?

compares current file and system state against known baselines, flagging hidden files, cloaked processes, unregistered network listeners, and mismatched system call responses

Is there evidence of malware or a rootkit on this machine?

the agent scans the monitored system for known indicators of compromise and reports what it finds back to the central server

What do my system and application logs actually show once someone reads all of them?

agents forward logs to the manager, which runs them through a regular expression rule engine that flags errors, misconfigurations, and signs of malicious activity

Can I get security visibility from a device that can't run an agent?

the manager accepts syslog directly from agentless devices and applies the same rule-based analysis to it

Would a change to an audit rule quietly stop file integrity monitoring from working?

it detects when a rule such as suppressing task-related events is present and alerts that whodata-based file integrity monitoring would be blinded by it

Where do I go to actually look at and investigate the alerts these agents generate?

alert data feeds into the integrated Elastic Stack, giving a search interface and visualizations to navigate through what was collected

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Features

60 capabilities across 8 capability groups · 5 backed by code, an API document or a real run

Built from Wazuh's releases, docs, README and our own runs. “Seen” marks the month we first spotted a release the vendor didn't date. Group names and tags are our labels.

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  • Wazuh covers 6 of the 11 logs and telemetry capabilities we track.
  • Wazuh covers 1 of the 5 supply chain security capabilities we track.
  • Wazuh covers 1 of the 2 vulnerability management capabilities we track.

What Wazuh offers you

  • REST API7
  • JSON data export2
  • Agent-based deployment1
  • Command-line interface1
  • High-availability clustering1
  • Outbound webhooks (the product notifies you)1
  • Plugin system1
Log collection 6 features Logs and telemetry since 2018
Logcollector Format and Source Flexibility verified Enhances log ingestion by supporting JSON parsing for Windows event channels, wildcards in file paths, pattern exclusions, and host IP enrichment. 11 releases · 1 other source · first seen Jan 2019

Shared capability: Log collection

release 11 total

  • Implements configurable bounds checking for Logcollector max-size configuration serialization v4.14.3 · Feb 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds journald input support in Logcollector (Agent) v4.9.0 · Sep 2024 · source · release history
  • Adds new logcollector configuration settings ignore and restrict to filter logs before parsing v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds wildcard support for folders in the localfile configuration on Windows v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds support for deploying localfile configuration blocks to agents v4.4.2 · May 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds base64_log format to the log builder in Logcollector. v4.0.0 · Oct 2020 · source · release history

command line

  • --zstd — compress the body and add Content-Encoding: zstd v5.0.0-beta5 · Sep 2026 · command-line history
AWS CloudTrail Log Collection shipped Fetches logs from AWS S3 buckets using the aws-cloudtrail module. 7 releases · first seen Feb 2018

Shared capability: Log collection

release 7 total

  • Added the discard_regex functionality to Inspector and CloudWatchLogs AWS integrations v4.5.1 · Aug 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds support for monitoring Cisco Umbrella S3 buckets v3.12.0 · Mar 2020 · source · release history
  • Adds support for monitoring AWS S3 buckets in GovCloud regions v3.12.0 · Mar 2020 · source · release history
  • Allow existing aws_profile argument to work with _vpcflowlogs_ in AWS Wodle configuration. v3.10.0 · Sep 2019 · source · release history
  • AWS wodle supports filtering resources by organization using the organizations configuration parameter. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history
  • Support for IAM roles authentication in EC2 instances is added to the AWS wodle. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
Log Integration Extensions shipped Adds support for ingesting logs from new cloud sources, specifically Google Cloud Pub/Sub. 4 releases · first seen Jun 2020

Shared capability: Log collection

release

  • Added support for Custom Logs in Buckets via AWS SQS in the Agent to route log data to Amazon Simple Queue Service. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Integratord now tries to read alerts indefinitely instead of performing only 3 attempts. v4.3.4 · Jun 2022 · source · release history
  • Adds a timeout configuration option for remote queries made by the Office 365, GitHub, and Agent Update modules. v4.3.4 · Jun 2022 · source · release history
  • New integration for pulling logs from Google Cloud Pub/Sub v3.13.0 · Jun 2020 · source · release history
MS Graph Integration Enhancements shipped Improves Microsoft Graph integration with configurable page size, time delay options to prevent log loss, and support for risk detections. 3 releases · first seen May 2025

Shared capability: Log collection

release

  • Added a time delay option in the MS Graph integration to prevent log loss v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history
  • Added a page size option to the MS Graph integration v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history
  • Added support for the riskDetections relationship in MS Graph v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history
Azure Environment Collection shipped Collects logs and process data from Azure environments via a dedicated wodle. 2 releases · first seen Nov 2018

Shared capability: Log collection

release

  • Adds --prefix parameter to the Azure Storage integration to filter objects by prefix v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • New wodle for Azure environment log and process collection. v3.7.0 · Nov 2018 · source · release history
AWS CloudWatch Logs Integration shipped Adds support for ingesting logs from AWS CloudWatch Logs with regex-based log discarding capabilities. 1 release · first seen Aug 2023

Shared capability: Log collection

release

  • Added the discard_regex functionality to Inspector and CloudWatchLogs AWS integrations v4.5.1 · Aug 2023 · source · release history
Log enrichment 4 features Logs and telemetry since 2017
IP Geolocation Enrichment shipped Integrates GeoIP lookups to append geographic location data (country, city) to alerts and logs containing IP addresses. 4 releases · first seen Apr 2017

Shared capability: Log enrichment

release

  • Added geolocation data for the aws.data.client_ip field to provide location context for AWS CloudTrail events. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds GeoIP address finding for input logs in JSON format v3.1.0 · Dec 2017 · source · release history
  • GeoIP support in Alerts v2.0 · Apr 2017 · source · release history
  • Internal option to output GeoIP data on JSON alerts v2.0 · Apr 2017 · source · release history
Maltiverse IPv6 Support shipped Adds IPv6 connectivity support for Maltiverse threat intelligence enrichment. 1 release · first seen Oct 2025

Shared capability: Log enrichment

release

Threat Intelligence Enrichment via Maltiverse shipped Integrates with Maltiverse to enrich threat intelligence data within the manager. 1 release · first seen Nov 2023

Shared capability: Log enrichment

release

  • Introduced native Maltiverse integration for the Manager to enrich threat intelligence data. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
Logtest Location Enrichment shipped Enables testing of location information within the logtest utility. 1 release · first seen Aug 2021

Shared capability: Log enrichment

release

Log routing 2 features Logs and telemetry since 2023
Amazon Security Lake SQS Integration shipped Enables routing of log data from AWS SQS to the agent for processing. 1 release · first seen Nov 2023

Shared capability: Log routing

release

  • Added support for Custom Logs in Buckets via AWS SQS in the Agent to route log data to Amazon Simple Queue Service. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
Amazon Security Lake Integration shipped Allows agents to publish events directly to Amazon Security Lake as a subscriber. 1 release · first seen May 2023

Shared capability: Log routing

Also counts toward: Agent-based deployment

release

  • Adds an agent module to publish events as a subscriber to Amazon Security Lake v4.4.2 · May 2023 · source · release history
Metrics collection 2 features Logs and telemetry since 2018
Agent Statistics Aggregation shipped Provides endpoints to retrieve active agent statistics across all components. 1 release · 1 other source · first seen Aug 2021

Shared capability: Metrics collection

release

  • GET /agents/stats endpoint added to get agent stats from different components. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history

example

  • Check active agent statistics across all components without SSH access. curl -k -u wazuh:wazuh https://localhost:55000/agents/stats v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source
Docker Container Monitoring shipped Monitors Docker containers using a dedicated wodle. 1 release · first seen Nov 2018

Shared capability: Metrics collection

release

Dependency scanning 2 features Supply chain security since 2019
Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) shipped Performs compliance and security configuration scanning using dedicated rule modules, with support for directory existence validation and symbolic link handling. 5 releases · 1 other source · first seen May 2019

Shared capability: Dependency scanning

release

  • Added SCA Policy for Microsoft Windows Server 2025 v4.14.2 · Jan 2026 · source · release history
  • Unified SCA policy names across the ruleset v4.4.3 · May 2023 · source · release history
  • Added support for Ubuntu 12.04 to the SCA configuration template. v3.9.2 · Jun 2019 · source · release history
  • Added directory existence checking for SCA rules ensures configurations reference valid directories before scanning v3.9.1 · May 2019 · source · release history
  • Adds the syscheck-adjacent Security Configuration Assessment scan module for compliance checking. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history

example

  • Ensure SCA rules only run if the target directory exists, preventing silent failures <sca> <enabled>yes</enabled> <check_existence_directories>yes</check_existence_directories> </sca> v3.9.1 · May 2019 · source
Security Configuration Assessment (SCA) Policy Expansion shipped Extends the SCA capability with new compliance policies for Debian Linux 11 and macOS 13.0 Ventura. 2 releases · first seen Apr 2023

Shared capability: Dependency scanning

release

Vulnerability scanning 2 features Vulnerability management since 2017
Vulnerability Detector Expansion shipped Extends vulnerability scanning capabilities to support Windows agents and additional Linux distributions. 15 releases · first seen Dec 2019

Shared capability: Vulnerability scanning

release 15 total

  • Adds CISA vulnerability content prioritized over NVD in the vulnerability scanner v4.11.0 · Feb 2025 · source · release history
  • Adds support for Amazon Linux 2022 in the Vulnerability Detector feed v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds support for Alma Linux in the Vulnerability Detector feed v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds support for Debian 12 in the Vulnerability Detector feed v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Vulnerability Detector now fetches the SUSE feeds in Gzip compressed format v4.5.3 · Oct 2023 · source · release history
  • Adds SUSE support in Vulnerability Detector for vulnerability scanning v4.4.0 · Mar 2023 · source · release history
Vulnerability scanning via Wazuh Modules shipped Enables the use of specialized Wazuh modules, such as OpenSCAP and Vuls, to perform vulnerability assessments against managed hosts. 12 releases · first seen Apr 2017

Shared capability: Vulnerability scanning

release 12 total

  • Added support for Amazon Inspector v2 v4.14.0 · Oct 2025 · source · release history
  • vulnerability-detector module now includes macOS platform support alongside existing OS coverage v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
  • Windows agents gain vulnerability detector support v3.11.0 · Dec 2019 · source · release history
  • Debian 10 Buster supported by vulnerability detector v3.11.0 · Dec 2019 · source · release history
  • AWS wodle now supports AWS Config, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS KMS, and AWS Inspector. It also adds support for IAM roles authentication in EC2 instances. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
  • Adds support to process logs from AWS Guard Duty, IAM, Inspector, Macie and VPC in the wodle v3.6.0 · Aug 2018 · source · release history
Log parsing and normalization 1 feature Logs and telemetry since 2015
Modular decoder file structure shipped Organizes decoders as separate individual files rather than a single combined block. 3 releases · first seen Dec 2015

Shared capability: Log parsing and normalization

Also counts toward: Plugin system

release

  • Adds new decoder plugin for logs in JSON format with dynamic fields definition. v3.0.0 · Dec 2017 · source · release history
  • Dynamic fields to rules and decoders v2.0 · Apr 2017 · source · release history
  • Decoders are split into individual files instead of a single block v1.0.1 · Dec 2015 · source · release history
Security event correlation 1 feature Logs and telemetry since 2019
Wazuh Rules Engine Enhancements shipped Expands rule correlation capabilities with dynamic field matching, global frequency controls, and numerical comparators. 5 releases · first seen May 2019

Shared capability: Security event correlation

release

  • Logcollector output format adds host's primary IP field v3.11.0 · Dec 2019 · source · release history
  • global_frequency new rules option to make frequency rules independent from the event source v3.11.0 · Dec 2019 · source · release history
  • Add numerical comparator for SCA rules. v3.10.0 · Sep 2019 · source · release history
  • Inventory fields (network, ports, etc.) are now available as dynamic fields within Wazuh rules for custom detection logic. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history
  • Wazuh rules now support same_field and not_same_field options to correlate dynamic fields across different events. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history
Other / not yet classified 40 features Features we have not matched to a capability yet. A suggested match is marked.
Agent management automation shipped Supports automated agent registration, lifecycle tracking via timestamps, and programmatic management through JSON outputs and API integration. 22 releases · 1 other source · first seen Jan 2016

Also counts toward: Command-line interface, JSON data export

release 22 total

  • Creates new RESTful API endpoint to trigger the agent uninstall process. v4.10.0 · Jan 2025 · source · release history
  • Enables agents to automatically request a key from the manager if the current key is missing or wrong via the new enrollment capability. v4.0.0 · Oct 2020 · source · release history
  • Adds <max_retries> and <retry_interval> settings to adjust the agent failover interval v3.13.1 · Jul 2020 · source · release history
  • Authentication daemon is now enabled by default. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
  • New Agent Key Polling module integrates agent key requests with external data sources via executable calls or local sockets. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
  • Enables install.sh to generate SSL certificates and keys during installation. v3.7.1 · Dec 2018 · source · release history

example

  • Export the management list in JSON format for programmatic processing. ./manage_agents -l -o json v1.0.4 · Feb 2016 · source
File integrity monitoring (FIM) whodata verified Monitors file integrity events on Linux using audit whodata mode, and detects Audit rules that would suppress FIM events. 18 releases · 1 other source · first seen Apr 2017

release 18 total

  • Allows FIM eBPF whodata on capable kernels older than 5.8, such as RHEL 8.10. v4.14.9 · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds audit_uid, audit_name, audit_gid, and audit_group_name fields to FIM whodata alerts generated by the eBPF provider. v4.14.8 · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds audit_uid, audit_name, audit_gid, and audit_group_name fields to FIM whodata alerts generated by the eBPF provider.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ v4.14.8 · Sep 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds detection of the -a never,task Audit rule in FIM whodata for Linux, alerting when this rule would suppress file integrity monitoring events. v4.10.4 · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • Adds detection of the -a never,task Audit rule in FIM whodata for Linux v4.10.4 · Jul 2026 · source · release history
  • FIM now supports whodata using an eBPF-based integration v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history

command line

  • --with-host — Include host info in notify messages. v5.0.0-beta5 · Sep 2026 · command-line history
High Availability via Cluster Manager shipped Provides a clustering system for managers to distribute load and ensure redundancy, including synchronization controls. 10 releases · 3 other sources · first seen Dec 2017

Also counts toward: High-availability clustering

release 10 total

  • Adds configurable timeout setting to external and Cloud integration configurations to prevent indefinite waits v4.7.2 · Jan 2024 · source · release history
  • Added endpoint GET /cluster/ruleset/synchronization to check ruleset synchronization status in a cluster v4.3.7 · Aug 2022 · source · release history
  • Added cluster command to obtain custom ruleset files and their hash v4.3.7 · Aug 2022 · source · release history
  • CA configuration section for WPK signature verification moves from active-response to agent-upgrade in ossec.conf; old placement will be ignored or cause errors. v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
  • New upgrade module centralizes WPK upgrades with cluster architecture and simultaneous multi-agent support, replacing the previous feature v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
  • The wazuh-clusterd binary accepts the -t flag to specify the number of threads for cluster operations. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history

docs

  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wazuh/wazuh/v4.14.8/extensions/elasticsearch/7.x/wazuh-template.json seen Sep 2026 · source
  • Wazuh dashboard - Wazuh server The Wazuh dashboard queries the Wazuh server API (by default listening on TCP port ) to display configuration and status-related information of the Wazuh agents . This communication is encrypted with SSL certificates and authenticated with a username and password. seen Aug 2026 · source

example

  • Run the cluster daemon with 4 threads for optimized performance on a quad-core manager. wazuh-clusterd -t 4 v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source
External integration support shipped Provides extensions for ELK Stack compatibility and customizable email alerting headers. 12 releases · first seen Jan 2016

release 12 total

  • The RESTful API SSL protocol configuration option name has been changed; existing config keys for the protocol must be updated to the new name. v4.2.2 · Sep 2021 · source · release history
  • Makes SSL ciphers configurable in the RESTful API and renames the existing SSL protocol configuration option v4.2.2 · Sep 2021 · source · release history
  • GET /cluster/{node_id}/info and GET /manager/info endpoints no longer include the deprecated ruleset_version field. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history
  • Authd now supports enabling or disabling the TLS port via a new configuration option. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history
  • /manager/files and /cluster/{node_id}/files endpoints are deprecated v4.1.1 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
  • debug2 mode added to API logs via the debug config option for deeper tracing v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Windows Hardware Inventory shipped Collects native hardware inventory data on Windows hosts. 3 releases · 5 other sources · first seen Aug 2018

release

  • Added package inventory coverage for Alpine Linux, MacPorts, PYPI, and Node packages in Syscollector. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Updates the agent to report the name of macOS 14 (Sonoma) v4.5.3 · Oct 2023 · source · release history
  • Native Windows hardware inventory collection v3.5.0 · Aug 2018 · source · release history

docs

  • wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.intel64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.arm64.pkg https://packages.wazuh.com/4.x/macos/wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.intel64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.intel64.pkg https://packages.wazuh.com/4.x/macos/wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.arm64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1.arm64.pkg seen Sep 2026 · source
  • wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1-hpux-11v3-ia64.tar.gz wazuh-agent-4.14.8-1-hpux-11v3-ia64.tar seen Sep 2026 · source
  • wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.intel64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.arm64.pkg https://packages.wazuh.com/4.x/macos/wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.intel64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.intel64.pkg https://packages.wazuh.com/4.x/macos/wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.arm64.pkg wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1.arm64.pkg seen Jul 2026 · source
  • wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol10-i386.pkg wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol11-i386.p5p wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol11-i386.p5p wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol10-sparc.pkg wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol11-sparc.p5p wazuh-agent_v4.14.7-sol11-sparc.p5p seen Jul 2026 · source
  • wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1-hpux-11v3-ia64.tar.gz wazuh-agent-4.14.7-1-hpux-11v3-ia64.tar seen Jul 2026 · source
Configuration Management API verified Provides API endpoints to manage rules, decoders, CDB lists, and core configuration files. 4 releases · 3 other sources · first seen Feb 2021

Also counts toward: REST API

release

docs

  • 1-25 26-50 51-100 . The archive is created in the directory where you run the Wazuh installation assistant. To print them, run the following command: --uninstall seen Sep 2026 · source
  • https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wazuh/wazuh/v4.14.7/extensions/elasticsearch/7.x/wazuh-template.json seen Jul 2026 · source

command line

Run summary reporting verified Optionally writes a final summary of results to a JSON file after a run completes. 3 releases · 3 other sources · first seen Dec 2015

Also counts toward: JSON data export

release

  • Adds GET /agents/summary/os, GET /agents/summary/status and GET /overview/agents endpoints to return summaries that exclude the dummy agent 000 v4.0.2 · Nov 2020 · source · release history
  • ossec-control, rootcheck_control, syscheck_control, and ossec-logtest can now produce JSON CLI outputs v1.0.3 · Feb 2016 · source · release history
  • JSON output is now enabled by default v1.0.1 · Dec 2015 · source · release history

docs

  • Open source platform for threat prevention, detection, and response with endpoint agents, a management server, and integrated data visualization.

command line

  • --summary-json — If set, write a final summary JSON v5.0.0-beta3 · Jul 2026 · command-line history

example

  • Parse Wazuh status in scripts without parsing plain text ossec-control status --output-format json v1.0.3 · Feb 2016 · source
AWS Wodle Resource Discovery shipped suggested Expands AWS integration to support IAM role authentication, resource filtering by organization, and configuration of specific AWS service integrations. 6 releases · first seen Jan 2019

Suggested capability: Log collection. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • <aws:iam_role> configuration option in the AWS wodle to assume IAM roles for VPC flow log collection. v4.14.1 · Nov 2025 · source · release history
  • aws_credentials support in the Amazon Security Lake subscriber enables static (aws_access_key_id, aws_secret_access_key) and temporary (aws_session_token) credentials. v4.14.1 · Nov 2025 · source · release history
  • Added new validations for the AWS integration arguments v4.5.1 · Aug 2023 · source · release history
  • Allow existing aws_profile argument to work with _vpcflowlogs_ in AWS Wodle configuration. v3.10.0 · Sep 2019 · source · release history
  • AWS wodle supports filtering resources by organization using the organizations configuration parameter. v3.9.0 · May 2019 · source · release history
  • Support for IAM roles authentication in EC2 instances is added to the AWS wodle. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
Syscollector Network Inventory shipped Collects native network inventory data for managed agents. 5 releases · first seen Aug 2018

release

  • Added browser extensions and services to the inventory data (Manager/Agent) v4.14.0 · Oct 2025 · source · release history
  • Added system users and groups to the inventory data (Manager/Agent) v4.14.0 · Oct 2025 · source · release history
  • Extends Syscollector to detect installed .pkg packages on macOS v4.11.0 · Feb 2025 · source · release history
  • Enables delta events in Syscollector when data gets changed to produce alerts v4.4.0 · Mar 2023 · source · release history
  • Native network inventory collection via Syscollector v3.5.0 · Aug 2018 · source · release history
Asynchronous Command Execution shipped Allows the execution of arbitrary commands on managed agents asynchronously via a dedicated module. 4 releases · first seen Dec 2017

release

  • Raises from 64 to 1024 the number of active response commands that wazuh-execd can load from etc/shared/ar.conf. v4.14.9 · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Adding feature to remotely query agent configuration on demand. v3.7.0 · Nov 2018 · source · release history
  • Kaspersky Endpoint Security for Linux integration via Active Response v3.5.0 · Aug 2018 · source · release history
  • Adds command module for asynchronous command execution v3.1.0 · Dec 2017 · source · release history
Automated Key Enrollment shipped Enables agents to automatically request a key from the manager if the current key is missing or wrong. 3 releases · 1 other source · first seen Oct 2020

release

  • Adds wazuh-authd capability to generate X509 certificates automatically during agent enrollment v4.6.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • Added <force> configuration option to authd.conf to control how the server handles conflicts during agent enrollment requests. v4.3.0 · May 2022 · source · release history
  • Enables agents to automatically request a key from the manager if the current key is missing or wrong via the new enrollment capability. v4.0.0 · Oct 2020 · source · release history

example

  • Force a new enrollment to overwrite an existing agent entry in authd, preventing enrollment conflicts. <authd> <force>daily</force> </authd> v4.3.0 · May 2022 · source
Agent Group Management shipped Provides mechanisms for querying agent group metadata and cleaning residual files to maintain group integrity. 3 releases · first seen Jan 2019

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • Adds a database endpoint to recalculate the hash of agent groups v4.7.5 · May 2024 · source · release history
  • POST /groups endpoint now requires the group name in the JSON body instead of as a query parameter. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history
  • An internal option cleans residual files of agent groups. v3.8.0 · Jan 2019 · source · release history
Agent CVE Reporting shipped Retrieves the list of known CVEs affecting a specific agent via Wazuh DB reports. 2 releases · 1 other source · first seen Aug 2021

release

  • Deprecated PUT /vulnerability, GET /vulnerability/{agent_id}, GET /vulnerability/{agent_id}/last_scan and GET /vulnerability/{agent_id}/summary/{field} API endpoints. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
  • GET /agents/{agent_id}/vulnerabilities endpoint added to get vulnerabilities that affect an agent. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history

example

  • Retrieve the list of known CVEs affecting a specific agent via the Wazuh DB report. curl -k -u wazuh:wazuh https://localhost:55000/agents/001/vulnerabilities v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source
API Rate Limiting Configuration shipped Allows configuration of API rate limiting settings, including disabling limits for specific users. 2 releases · 1 other source · first seen Aug 2021

release

  • API max_request_per_minute configuration option can now be disabled by setting it to 0. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history
  • PUT /users/{username}/allow_run_as endpoint added to modify users' allow_run_as flag. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history

example

  • Disable API rate limiting entirely for a specific user by setting the allow_run_as flag. curl -k -X PUT -u wazuh:wazuh https://localhost:55000/users/admin/allow_run_as -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{"value": true}' v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source
API Run As Authentication Configuration shipped Manages API run-as authentication contexts by configuring payload size limits and restricting verbose logging of authorization details for security. 2 releases · first seen Oct 2026

release

  • Adds auth_context_max_payload_size option to configure the API run_as authentication-context payload size limit (raised from 8 KB to 64 KB by default), improving support for AD/LDAP/SSO logins with large group-membership contexts.⁠︀︄︇︀︅︉︀︅︀︀︃︀︀︅︅︀︅︊︀︄︆︀︃︄⁠ v4.14.9 · Oct 2026 · source · release history
  • Restricts the API access log from writing the run_as authorization context verbatim unless debug logging is enabled; hash_auth_context still identifies it. v4.14.9 · Oct 2026 · source · release history
Syscollector Inventory Endpoint Extensions shipped Adds RESTful API endpoints to access browser extension, service, user, and group data collected by Syscollector. 2 releases · first seen Oct 2025

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • Added syscollector services and browser_extension endpoints to the RESTful API v4.14.0 · Oct 2025 · source · release history
  • Added syscollector users and groups endpoints to the RESTful API v4.14.0 · Oct 2025 · source · release history
Vulnerability Inventory Management shipped Maintains a persistent inventory of vulnerabilities on the manager to alert only when vulnerabilities are newly detected or cease to apply. 2 releases · first seen May 2022

release

  • Added package condition field in indexed vulnerabilities v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history
  • Vulnerability Detector introduces a new capability to maintain a vulnerability inventory on the manager, delivering alerts only when vulnerabilities are newly detected or stop applying (previously applied). v4.3.0 · May 2022 · source · release history
Process monitoring and attachment verified Waits for target processes to appear before proceeding, with a configurable timeout. 1 other source · first seen Jul 2026

command line

  • --timeout — Seconds to wait for all target processes to appear (default: 30) v5.0.0-beta3 · Jul 2026 · command-line history
Agent Status Summary Endpoint shipped Provides an API endpoint to retrieve aggregated status information for all managed agents. 1 release · first seen Sep 2025

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • Adds a new /agents/summary RESTful API endpoint to retrieve aggregated agent status. v4.13.0 · Sep 2025 · source · release history
Global Inventory and FIM Queries shipped suggested Enables querying file integrity monitoring and system inventory data across all managed agents from the manager. 1 release · first seen Sep 2025

Suggested capability: Log search. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • Adds global queries capability for FIM and system inventory data across all agents. v4.13.0 · Sep 2025 · source · release history
Hot Configuration Reloading shipped Allows dynamic reloading of configuration settings in the manager and Linux agents without requiring a service restart. 1 release · first seen Sep 2025

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • Adds hot ruleset reload management via new RESTful API endpoints. v4.13.0 · Sep 2025 · source · release history
Manager Info UUID Endpoint shipped Exposes the unique identifier of the Wazuh manager via the API info endpoint. 1 release · first seen Sep 2025

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • Adds server uuid field to the /manager/info RESTful API response. v4.13.0 · Sep 2025 · source · release history
Amazon Security Lake Integration Enhancements shipped Expands Amazon Security Lake integration support by removing AWS profile restrictions and adding support for static and temporary credentials. 1 release · first seen May 2025

release

  • Deleted the restriction for the use of the AWS profile in the Amazon Security Lake integration v4.12.0 · May 2025 · source · release history
API Authentication Pool Configuration shipped Allows configuration of the number of authentication processes used by the Wazuh API. 1 release · first seen Apr 2025

release

  • Adds authentication_pool_size config key in Wazuh API to set the number of authentication processes. v4.11.2 · Apr 2025 · source · release history
Indexer Connector CA Flexibility shipped Permits the use of multiple Certificate Authority files for connecting to the data indexer. 1 release · first seen Jan 2025

release

  • Allows multiple Certificate Authority files in the indexer connector. v4.10.0 · Jan 2025 · source · release history
Active Response Load Balancing Helper shipped Provides a helper script to manage HAProxy load balancer configuration and automatically balance agent connections. 1 release · first seen Sep 2024

release

  • Adds HAProxy helper script to manage load balancer configuration and automatically balance agents v4.9.0 · Sep 2024 · source · release history
Slack Integration Configuration shipped suggested Adds configurable options for sending alerts and notifications to Slack. 1 release · first seen Nov 2023

Suggested capability: Log routing. This is our guess, not confirmed.

Also counts toward: Outbound webhooks (the product notifies you)

release

  • Added configurable options for the Slack integration within the Wazuh Manager configuration. v4.7.0 · Nov 2023 · source · release history
Verbose Rule Testing shipped Enables detailed matching context output when testing custom rules against sample logs. 1 other source · first seen May 2022

example

  • Enable verbose output when testing custom rules against sample logs to see detailed matching context. wazuh-logtest -v v4.3.0 · May 2022 · source
Agent Inventory Cleanup shipped Automatically cleans up agent inventory data on the manager when Syscollector is disabled. 1 release · first seen Sep 2021

release

  • Cleans up agent inventory data on the manager when Syscollector is disabled v4.2.2 · Sep 2021 · source · release history
Agent IP Refresh Configuration shipped Allows agents to be configured with an interval for refreshing their reported IP address. 1 release · first seen Aug 2021

release

  • New <ip_update_interval> config option in the agent to set how often the agent refreshes its IP address. v4.2.0 · Aug 2021 · source · release history
Agent Disconnection Configuration shipped Makes the agent disconnection detection interval configurable via a new configuration parameter. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

release

  • <disconnection_timeout> parameter in ossec.conf makes agent disconnection detection interval configurable (replacing deprecated DISCON_TIME) v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
API Debug Logging shipped Enables deeper tracing of API logs via debug configuration options. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

release

  • debug2 mode added to API logs via the debug config option for deeper tracing v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Background Task Management Module shipped Stores and manages background tasks executed on agents or managers via a dedicated module. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

release

  • New task module stores and manages background tasks executed on agents or managers v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Centralized WPK Upgrade Management shipped Provides a centralized module to manage Windows Package Kit upgrades across agents with cluster architecture support. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

release

  • New upgrade module centralizes WPK upgrades with cluster architecture and simultaneous multi-agent support, replacing the previous feature v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Programmatic Log Testing shipped Allows the logtest utility to be run programmatically via REST endpoints. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

Also counts toward: REST API

release

  • New logtest REST endpoints POST /logtest and DELETE /logtest/{session_id} allow running the logtest tool programmatically v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Task Status Monitoring shipped Checks the status of scheduled tasks via a new endpoint. 1 release · first seen Feb 2021

release

  • GET /tasks/status endpoint checks the status of scheduled tasks v4.1.0 · Feb 2021 · source · release history
Protocol Switch to TCP shipped Changes the default manager-agent connection protocol from UDP to TCP for improved reliability. 1 release · first seen Oct 2020

release

  • The default manager-agent connection protocol has changed from UDP to TCP. v4.0.0 · Oct 2020 · source · release history
Bulk Agent Deletion Reporting shipped Reports the number of affected and failed agents during bulk deletion operations. 1 release · first seen Jun 2018

release

  • Adds total_affected_agents and total_failed_ids fields to the DELETE/agents API response v3.3.1 · Jun 2018 · source · release history
Agent Purgeability Querying shipped suggested Queries the number of agents that are eligible for purging within a specified timeframe via API. 1 release · first seen Mar 2018

Suggested capability: Log retention management. This is our guess, not confirmed.

release

  • Adds the totalItems field to the output of the GET/agents/purgeable/:timeframe API call. v3.2.1 · Mar 2018 · source · release history
SysInit Compatibility shipped Adds native support for the Systemd initialization system for service management on modern Linux distributions. 1 release · first seen Dec 2017

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    Issue, contributor and maintainer activity in wazuh/wazuh, 2023-10 – 2026-09, as of 2026-09-25. Twelve-month figures first; the trend lines run the whole window.

    1. Contributors 71 +2 vs prior 12 months
    2. Maintainers 20 +11 joined · −14 left, last 12 months
    3. Bus factor 9 committers behind half the commits
    4. Community-filed 56% of issues opened, last 12 months
    5. Median time to close 4 days first maintainer reply 30 hours
    6. Open backlog 2,889 of 26,466 issues ever filed
    1. Issues opened / month 92 · 217 communitymaintainers
    2. Open backlog 2,889
    3. Contributors / month 28
    4. Commits / month 606
    5. Stars 16,894
    Issue themes, last 12 months
    • bugs 21%
    • features 16%
    • questions 0%
    • docs 1%
    • other 62%

    Counts from the project's public repository and git history; no individuals are identified. Maintainers are the committers covering 80% of the last year's commits. how we measure this

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