Description
Cacti before 0.8.7f, as used in Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution and other products, allows remote authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in (1) the FQDN field of a Device or (2) the Vertical Label field of a Graph Template.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 13 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 12 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1 | — |
| Debian 6.0 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1+squeeze1 | DSA-2384-1 |
| Debian 5.0 | cacti | 0.8.7b-2.1+lenny4 | DSA-2384-1 |
Red Hat
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | GeoIP +1 | 1.4.7-0.1.20090931cvs.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | blacs-mvapich1-gnu | 20000224-7 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | blacs-openmpi-gnu | 20000224-9 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | cacti | 0.8.7g-1.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-RHEL-OFED +1 | 5.5-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-cacti | 0.1-49 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ganglia-agent-v3_0 | 3.0-3.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ganglia-server-v3_0 | 3.0-3 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-lava-compute-v1_0 | 1.0-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-mvapich1-libraries | 0.1-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-nagios-installer-v2_12 | 2.12-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | component-ntop-v3_3 | 3.3-12 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | environment-modules | 3.2.7b-7.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | iozone | 3-5.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-cacti | 0.8.7-47 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-ganglia | 3.0-8 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-hpc | 0.1-5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-lava | 1.0-11 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-nagios | 2.12-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-ntop | 3.3-13 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kit-rhel_java | 1.6.0-3.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kusu-appglobals-tool | 5.5-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | kusu-ui +26 | 5.5-1 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | lava +3 | 1.0-10 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | linpack-mvapich1-gnu | 1.0a-7 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | linpack-openmpi-gnu | 1.0a-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | nagios-plugins +53 | 1.4.14-1.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | netcdf +1 | 3.6.2-7.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | nrpe +1 | 2.12-12.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | ntop | 3.3.9-7.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm | 1.2-6 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-base | 1.2-4 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-hpc | 1.0-22 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | pcm-kit-ntop | 1.1-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | platform_mvapich | 1.2.0-0.3635.1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | primitive | 0.1.1-2 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | python-IPy | 0.70-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | python-psycopg2 +2 | 2.0.14-1.el5 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
| Red Hat Hpc Solution 1 | scalapack-openmpi-gnu +1 | 1.8.0-9 | RHSA-2010:0635 |
Advisories 2
- DSA-2384-1 cacti - several Debian Security (DSA / DLA) · Mar 9, 2026
- RHSA-2010:0635 Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat High Performance Computing (HPC) Solution 5.5 Red Hat Security Advisories (RHSA) · Jan 29, 2026
References
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5778
- MDVSA-2010:160 vendor-advisory
- 41041 third-party-advisory
- http://www.cacti.net/release_notes_0_8_7f.php
- RHSA-2010:0635 vendor-advisory
- http://www.bonsai-sec.com/en/research/vulnerabilities/cacti-os-command-injection-0105.php
- ADV-2010-2132 vdb-entry
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5782
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=609115
- http://svn.cacti.net/viewvc?view=rev&revision=5784