4.5.3 Release notes - 10 October 2023

This section lists the changes in version 4.5.3. Every update of the Wazuh solution is cumulative and includes all enhancements and fixes from previous releases.

What's new

This version includes new features or improvements, such as the following:

Manager

#18783 Vulnerability Detector now fetches the SUSE feeds in Gzip compressed format.

Agent

#19205 Support for macOS 14 (Sonoma).

RESTful API

#18509 Added support for the $ symbol in query values.
#18346 Added support for the @ symbol in query values.
#18493 Added support for nested queries in the q API parameter.
#18432 Updated force flag message in the agent_upgrade CLI.

Security updates

This release fixes the following vulnerabilities:

Agent

CVE	Reference	Description
CVE-2023-42463	#19069	Fixed a stack overflow hazard in `wazuh-logcollector` that could allow a local privilege escalation. Found by Keith Yeo (@kyeojy).

Resolved issues

This release resolves known issues as the following:

Manager

Reference	Description
#18737	Fixed a bug that might cause `wazuh-analysisd` to crash if it receives a status API query during startup.
#18976	Fixed a bug that might cause `wazuh-maild` to crash when handling large alerts.
#19217	Addressed an issue in Vulnerability Detector when fetching the Suse Linux Enterprise 15 feeds.

Agent

Reference	Description
#18773	Fixed a bug in the memory handle at the agent's data provider helper.
#18903	Fixed a data mismatch in the OS name between the global and agents' databases.
#19286	Fixed wrong Windows agent binaries metadata.
#19397	Fixed error during the Windows agent upgrade.

RESTful API

Reference	Description
#18362	Removed undesired characters when listing rule group names in `GET /rules/groups`.
#18434	Fixed an error when using the query `condition=all` in `GET /sca/{agent_id}/checks/{policy_id}`.
#18733	Fixed an error in the API log mechanism where sometimes the requests would not be printed in the log file.

Wazuh dashboard

Reference	Description
#5925	Fixed the command for agent installation on SUSE to use zypper.

Wazuh Kibana plugin for Kibana 7.10.2

Reference	Description
#5925	Fixed the command for agent installation on SUSE to use zypper.

Wazuh Kibana plugin for Kibana 7.16.x and 7.17.x

Reference	Description
#5925	Fixed the command for agent installation on SUSE to use zypper.

Packages

Reference	Description
#2397	Changed GRUB options in build OVA process.
#2453	Fixed an issue with the Wazuh dashboard port check despite the `-p\|--port` installation assistant option being specified.
#2461	Fixed an issue when passwords changed. Now the `internal_users.yml` file gets updated.
#2492	Fixed missing removal of Wazuh indexer remaining files upon rollback.

Changelogs

More details about these changes are provided in the changelog of each component: