This approach is particularly valuable for compliance teams who need to quickly assess security posture, identify gaps in monitoring coverage, validate rule effectiveness, and generate evidence for audit requirements across distributed infrastructure.

Example Use Cases

The Wazuh MCP Server provides direct access to Wazuh security data through natural language interactions, enabling several practical use cases:

Security Alert Analysis

• Alert Triage and Investigation: Query recent security alerts with get_wazuh_alert_summary to quickly identify and prioritize threats requiring immediate attention.
• Alert Pattern Recognition: Analyze alert trends and patterns to identify recurring security issues or potential attack campaigns.

Vulnerability Management

• Agent Vulnerability Assessment: Use get_wazuh_vulnerability_summary and get_wazuh_critical_vulnerabilities to assess security posture of specific agents and prioritize patching efforts.
• Risk-Based Vulnerability Prioritization: Correlate vulnerability data with agent criticality and exposure to focus remediation efforts.

System Monitoring and Forensics

• Process Analysis: Investigate running processes on agents using get_wazuh_agent_processes for threat hunting and system analysis.
• Network Security Assessment: Monitor open ports and network services with get_wazuh_agent_ports to identify potential attack vectors.
• Agent Health Monitoring: Track agent status and connectivity using get_wazuh_running_agents to ensure comprehensive security coverage.

Security Operations Intelligence

• Rule Effectiveness Analysis: Review and analyze security detection rules with get_wazuh_rules_summary to optimize detection capabilities.
• Manager Performance Monitoring: Track system performance and statistics using tools like get_wazuh_weekly_stats, get_wazuh_remoted_stats, and get_wazuh_log_collector_stats.
• Cluster Health Management: Monitor Wazuh cluster status with get_wazuh_cluster_health and get_wazuh_cluster_nodes for operational reliability.

Incident Response and Forensics

• Log Analysis: Search and analyze manager logs using search_wazuh_manager_logs and get_wazuh_manager_error_logs for incident investigation.
• Agent-Specific Investigation: Combine multiple tools to build comprehensive profiles of specific agents during security incidents.
• Natural Language Security Queries: Ask complex security questions in natural language and receive structured data from multiple Wazuh components.

Operational Efficiency

• Automated Reporting: Generate security reports and summaries through conversational interfaces without manual API calls.
• Cross-Component Analysis: Correlate data from both Wazuh Indexer (alerts) and Wazuh Manager (agents, rules, vulnerabilities) for comprehensive security insights.
• Multilingual Security Operations: Access Wazuh data and receive insights in multiple languages for global security teams.

Threat Intelligence Gathering and Response

For enhanced threat intelligence and incident response capabilities, the Wazuh MCP Server can be combined with complementary security MCP servers:

| Server | Description | |--------|-------------| | Cortex MCP Server | Artifact analysis and IOC enrichment via 140+ analyzers | | TheHive MCP Server | Case management and incident response orchestration | | MISP MCP Server | Threat intelligence sharing and IOC lookup |

Enhanced Capabilities with Cortex Integration:

• Artifact Analysis: Automatically analyze suspicious files, URLs, domains, and IP addresses found in Wazuh alerts using Cortex's 140+ analyzers
• IOC Enrichment: Enrich indicators of compromise (IOCs) from Wazuh alerts with threat intelligence from multiple sources including VirusTotal, Shodan, MISP, and more
• Automated Threat Hunting: Combine Wazuh's detection capabilities with Cortex's analysis engines to automatically investigate and classify threats
• Multi-Source Intelligence: Leverage analyzers for reputation checks, malware analysis, domain analysis, and behavioral analysis
• Response Orchestration: Use analysis results to inform automated response actions and alert prioritization

Enhanced Capabilities with TheHive Integration:

• Case Creation: Automatically create cases in TheHive from Wazuh alerts for structured incident tracking
• Alert Correlation: Link related Wazuh alerts to existing cases for comprehensive incident timelines
• Task Management: Create and track investigation tasks based on alert severity and type
• Observable Management: Extract and manage IOCs as observables within case investigations
• Collaboration: Enable security team collaboration on incidents detected by Wazuh

Enhanced Capabilities with MISP Integration:

• IOC Lookup: Check if indicators from Wazuh alerts are known in your threat intelligence database
• Threat Context: Retrieve event context, threat actor attribution, and MITRE ATT&CK mappings for IOCs
• False Positive Reduction: Validate IOCs against MISP warninglists to reduce false positives
• Sighting Tracking: Record and query sighting history to assess IOC prevalence
• Galaxy Exploration: Access threat actor profiles, malware families, and attack patterns

Example Workflow:

1. Wazuh detects a suspicious file hash or network connection in an alert
2. The AI assistant queries the MISP MCP Server to check if the IOC is known in threat intelligence
3. If unknown, the Cortex MCP Server analyzes the artifact using multiple analyzers
4. Results from VirusTotal, hybrid analysis, domain reputation, and other sources are correlated
5. A case is created in TheHive via the TheHive MCP Server to track the investigation
6. The combined intelligence provides context for incident response decisions
7. Findings can be used to update Wazuh rules or trigger additional monitoring

Requirements

• An MCP (Model Context Protocol) compatible LLM client (e.g., Claude Desktop)
• A running Wazuh server (v4.12 recommended) with the API enabled and accessible.
• Network connectivity between this server and the Wazuh API (if API interaction is used).

Installation

Option 1: Download Pre-built Binary (Recommended)

1. Download the Binary:
   • Go to the Releases page of the mcp-server-wazuh GitHub repository.
   • Download the appropriate binary for your operating system (e.g., mcp-server-wazuh-linux-amd64, mcp-server-wazuh-macos-amd64, mcp-server-wazuh-macos-arm64, mcp-server-wazuh-windows-amd64.exe).
   • Make the downloaded binary executable (e.g., chmod +x mcp-server-wazuh-linux-amd64).
   • (Optional) Rename it to something simpler like mcp-server-wazuh and move it to a directory in your system's PATH for easier access.

Option 2: Docker

1. Pull the Docker Image:

   docker pull ghcr.io/gbrigandi/mcp-server-wazuh:latest
   

Option 3: Build from Source

1. Prerequisites:

   • Install Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install

2. Build:

   git clone https://github.com/gbrigandi/mcp-server-wazuh.git
   cd mcp-server-wazuh
   
   # Build with stdio transport only (default)
   cargo build --release
   
   # Build with HTTP transport support
   cargo build --release --features http
   

   The binary will be available at target/release/mcp-server-wazuh.

Configure Your LLM Client

The method for configuring your LLM client will vary depending on the client itself. For clients that support MCP (Model Context Protocol), you will typically need to point the client to the path of the mcp-server-wazuh executable.

Example for Claude Desktop:

Configure your claude_desktop_config.json file:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "wazu