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TI-2026-49954 Aliases CVE-2026-71287GHSA-7v66-c77r-g454

Cacti sanitize_sql_column() Regex Allowlist Permits SQL Time-Delay Functions Leading to Blind SQL Injection

Priority MEDIUM 41CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

Cacti's sanitize_sql_column (lib/functions.php) sanitizes user-supplied ORDER BY column names using the regex . Because this allowlist retains letters, digits, underscore, parentheses, and dot (intended to support expressions like COUNT(id) and table.column), a payload such as passes through completely unmodified.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00549 46th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Cacticactiup to 1.3.0-dev—No fix listedCNA
  • cacti VendorCacti Affected up to 1.3.0-dev Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Cacti
  • cpe:2.3:a:cacti:cacti:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Cacti

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-71287
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-7v66-c77r-g454

References

Advisory 2

  • TI-2022-22813 Unauthenticated command injection in cacti KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-19663 Cacti command injection in cmd_realtime.php CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-20500 Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2024-16869 Cacti RCE vulnerability when importing packages CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2024-20809 SQL Injection vulnerability in automation_get_new_graphs_sql CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2023-26750 Cacti SQL Injection vulnerability CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
See all 158 →

Sources

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