CVE-2026-40079
CRITICALCacti: Command Injection via escape_command() no-op in RRDtool execution
Title source: cnaDescription
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Versions 1.2.30 and prior are vulnerable to Command Injection due to lack of sanitization in the escape_command() function. The escape_command() function at lib/rrd.php is a no-op: it returns $command unchanged. The command line built by rrdtool_function_graph() is passed through this function and then to shell_exec($full_commandline). The risk is in __rrd_execute() where text_format values from graph templates (which may contain host variable substitutions) reach shell_exec without adequate escaping. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.31.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
X_Refsource_Confirm x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-xq98-376r-hv9j
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/4c09efaebf3a9faec66969d0b5c4aceaf397f37f
Scores
CVSS v3
9.8
EPSS
0.0114
EPSS Percentile
63.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-78
CWE-88
Status
published
Products (2)
cacti/cacti
< 1.2.31
Cacti/cacti
< 1.2.31
Published
Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Jun 25, 2026