RCE in Cacti
CVE-2025-22604
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Due to a flaw in multi-line SNMP result parser, authenticated users can inject malformed OIDs in the response. When processed by ss_net_snmp_disk_io() or ss_net_snmp_disk_…
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
EPSS: 0.701 (98.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Cacti — versions <= 1.2.8
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-c5j8-jxj3-hh36 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/c7e4ee798d263a3209ae6e7ba182c7b65284d8f0 (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-22604?
- CVE-2025-22604 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-01-27.
- How severe is CVE-2025-22604?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2025-22604 known to be exploited?
- 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.