Skip to main content
Public proof of conceptFix available

CVE-2023-39362

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2023-09-05
  • Fixed in1.2.25
  • WeaknessCWE-77 · CWE-78

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

Description

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. In Cacti 1.2.24, under certain conditions, an authenticated privileged user, can use a malicious string in the SNMP options of a Device, performing command injection and obtaining remote code execution on the underlying server. The `lib/snmp.php` file has a set of functions, with similar behavior, that accept in input some variables and place them into an `exec` call without a proper escape or validation. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2023-09-0522:15CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2023-10-09Exploit-DB entryExploit-DB

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
Block these indicators
  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-39362?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2023-39362?format=csv
  • TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
  • The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.

Versions per branch

NVD
Cacti
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.2< 1.2.251.2.25
Fedoraproject fedora
BranchAffectedFixed in
37.x= 37no fix published
38.x= 38no fix published

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Products declared by the CNA1 product

As GitHub_M, the CNA that assigned this CVE, declared them in the CVE record; versions as written.

  • cacti
    Affected
    • = < 1.2.25no fix stated

Source: the CNA record (CVE Program), © The MITRE Corporation,CVE Terms of UseCVE recordupdated 2024-03-18

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:16.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:Pro:14.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiUbuntu:24.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • cactiSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP5all versions · fixed in 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1and 1 other package
  • cactiSUSE:Package Hub 15 SP4all versions · fixed in 1.2.25-bp155.2.3.1and 1 other package

17 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2023-39362 Red Hat Product Security

    cacti: Authenticated command injection when using SNMP options

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Cacti to 1.2.25

Advisories and patches

Detection

read 2026-11-03 22:42 UTC
Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
EDB-51740
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
2 repositories, unverifiedm3ssap0/cacti-rce-snmp-options-vulnerable-applicationjakabakos/CVE-2023-39362-cacti-snmp-command-injection-poc
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionpoc2025-02-27
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionpoc—
  • CNACVSS 3.17.2known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 3.17.2read 2026-10-23
  • CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-78known since 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-77read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score85.4 %read 2026-11-03
  • PoC-in-GitHubproof of concept2read 2026-11-03
  • Exploit-DBdetectionread 2026-11-03
  • OSVaffected packages—

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2023-09-05
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-39362?

Cacti is an open source operational monitoring and fault management framework. In Cacti 1.2.24, under certain conditions, an authenticated privileged user, can use a malicious string in the SNMP options of a Device, performing command injection and obtaining remote code execution on the underlying server. The `lib/snmp.php` file has a set of functions, with similar behavior, that accept in input some variables and place them into an `exec` call without a proper escape or validation. This issue has been addressed in version 1.2.25. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Is CVE-2023-39362 actively exploited?

A proof-of-concept exploit exists for CVE-2023-39362, but active exploitation has not been confirmed at this time.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2023-39362?

CVE-2023-39362 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.2 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Running cacti? Hear about its next vulnerability

Surveillance reads the versions in your stack — a domain, a lockfile or a list — checks each CVE against the ranges its sources publish, and alerts you when one you run is exploited or enters CISA KEV. A version it cannot read stays « version not verified ».

Get alerts for this productCISA KEV additions, November 2026Search CVEs

No credit card required · No monthly cap on website lookups · 250 API requests/month

Go further

Related vulnerabilities

Same product first, then the same vendor advisory and the same publication week.

Back to CVE Database

Sources for this record