What is CVE-2026-71287?

CVE-2026-71287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-08-05.

How severe is CVE-2026-71287?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

SQL Injection in Cacti

CVE-2026-71287

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.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.003 (23.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Cacti — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (third-party-advisory)
309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-71287?: CVE-2026-71287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Cacti, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-08-05.
How severe is CVE-2026-71287?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.