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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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5DescriptionGitHub Advisory
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Prior to 1.2.29, there is an input-validation flaw in the SNMP device configuration functionality. An authenticated Cacti user can supply crafted SNMP community strings containing control characters (including newlines) that are accepted, stored verbatim in the database, and later embedded into backend SNMP operations. In environments where downstream SNMP tooling or wrappers interpret newline-separated tokens as command boundaries, this can lead to unintended command execution with the privileges of the Cacti process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.
Analysis
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Prior to 1.2.29, there is an input-validation flaw in the SNMP device configuration functionality. An authenticated Cacti user can supply crafted SNMP community strings containing control characters (including newlines) that are accepted, stored verbatim in the database, and later embedded into backend SNMP operations. In environments where downstream SNMP tooling or wrappers interpret newline-separated tokens as command boundaries, this can lead to unintended command execution with the privileges of the Cacti process. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.
Technical ContextAI
Command injection allows an attacker to execute arbitrary OS commands on the host system through a vulnerable application that passes user input to system shells.
RemediationAI
Avoid passing user input to system commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell commands. If unavoidable, use strict input validation and escaping.
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Same weakness CWE-77 – Command Injection
View allSame technique Command Injection
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Ubuntu
Priority: Medium| Release | Status | Version |
|---|---|---|
| noble | needs-triage | - |
| plucky | ignored | end of life, was needs-triage |
| questing | not-affected | 1.2.30+ds1-1ubuntu1 |
| upstream | released | 1.2.30+ds1-1 |
| trusty | needs-triage | - |
| xenial | needs-triage | - |
| bionic | needs-triage | - |
| focal | needs-triage | - |
| jammy | needs-triage | - |
Debian
| Release | Status | Fixed Version | Urgency |
|---|---|---|---|
| bullseye | vulnerable | 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u3 | - |
| bullseye (security) | vulnerable | 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u5 | - |
| bookworm, bookworm (security) | vulnerable | 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u5 | - |
| forky, trixie | fixed | 1.2.30+ds1-1 | - |
| sid | fixed | 1.2.30+ds1-2 | - |
| (unstable) | fixed | 1.2.30+ds1-1 | - |
SUSE
Severity: HighShare
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