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UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43363 (CVE-2024-43363)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2024-10-07 21:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 15:11 – Source website

Details

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. An admin user can create a device with a malicious hostname containing php code and repeat the installation process (completing only step 5 of the installation process is enough, no need to complete the steps before or after it) to use a php file as the cacti log file. After having the malicious hostname end up in the logs (log poisoning), one can simply go to the log file url to execute commands to achieve RCE. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.28 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Severity

7.2 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

7.2 (High)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43363	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43363	REPORT
	https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisorie…	REPORT

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      ]
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  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. An admin user can create a device with a malicious hostname containing php code and repeat the installation process (completing only step 5 of the installation process is enough, no need to complete the steps before or after it) to use a php file as the cacti log file. After having the malicious hostname end up in the logs (log poisoning), one can simply go to the log file url to execute commands to achieve RCE. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.28 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-43363",
  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:11:32Z",
  "published": "2024-10-07T21:15:00Z",
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    {
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      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43363"
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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    {
      "score": "medium",
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    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-43363"
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}

CVE-2024-43363 (GCVE-0-2024-43363)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-10-07 20:40 – Updated: 2025-11-03 20:38

Title

Remote code execution via Log Poisoning in Cacti

Summary

Severity

7.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2024-10-08 14:21 UTC

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

2 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisorie…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Cacti	cacti	Affected: < 1.2.28
cacti	cacti	Affected: 0 , < 1.2.28 (custom) cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:-:::::::*

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