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Critical · 9.1 Public exploit CVE-2024-25641 EUVD-2024-22957

Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing packages

Published May 13, 2024 · Updated Nov 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: Cacti Product: cacti Package: cacti Package: cacti Package: cacti Ecosystem: Alpine Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

Cacti provides an operational monitoring and fault management framework. Prior to version 1.2.27, an arbitrary file write vulnerability, exploitable through the "Package Import" feature, allows authenticated users having the "Import Templates" permission to execute arbitrary PHP code on the web server. The vulnerability is located within the `import_package()` function defined into the `/lib/import.php` script. The function blindly trusts the filename and file content provided within the XML data, and writes such files into the Cacti base path (or even outside, since path traversal sequences are not filtered). This can be exploited to write or overwrite arbitrary files on the web server, leading to execution of arbitrary PHP code or other security impacts. Version 1.2.27 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Cacti cacti < 1.2.27 —

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 ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 cacti 1.2.27+ds1-1 —
Debian 13 cacti 1.2.27+ds1-1 —
Debian 12 cacti 1.2.24+ds1-1+deb12u3 —
Debian 11 cacti 1.2.16+ds1-2+deb11u4 DLA-3884-1

Ubuntu

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS cacti 1.2.26+ds1-1ubuntu0.1 USN-6969-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS cacti 1.2.19+ds1-2ubuntu1.1 USN-6969-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS cacti 1.2.10+ds1-1ubuntu1.1 USN-6969-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS cacti 1.1.38+ds1-1ubuntu0.1~esm3 USN-6969-1
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS cacti 0.8.8f+ds1-4ubuntu4.16.04.2+esm2 USN-6969-1
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS cacti 0.8.8b+dfsg-5ubuntu0.2+esm2 USN-6969-1

SUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6 cacti +1 1.2.27-bp156.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0276-1
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP5 cacti +1 1.2.27-bp155.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0274-1
SUSE Package Hub 12 cacti +1 1.2.27-bp155.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0274-1

openSUSE

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed cacti 1.2.27-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:13962-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 cacti +1 1.2.27-bp156.2.3.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0276-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 cacti +1 1.2.27-bp155.2.9.1 openSUSE-SU-2024:0274-1

Alpine

Security tracker ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.24 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —
Alpine v3.23 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —
Alpine v3.22 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —
Alpine v3.21 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —
Alpine v3.20 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —
Show 1 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Alpine v3.19 cacti 1.2.27-r0 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

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Metasploit 1 module

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 7 repositories

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

Advisories 6

References