What is CVE-2017-12065?

CVE-2017-12065 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cacti. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-12065?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Cacti

CVE-2017-12065

spikekill.php in Cacti before 1.1.16 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the avgnan, outlier-start, or outlier-end parameter.

Published 2017-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.029 (86.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.029 · newest: 0.029 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Cacti

References

cacti.net/release_notes.php (Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/100080 (vdb-entry)
github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/bd0e586f6f46d814930226f1516a194e7e72293e (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
github.com/Cacti/cacti/issues/877 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-10 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12065?: CVE-2017-12065 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cacti. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-12065?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.