Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting cacti package, versions <1.2.31-0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.16% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-CACTI-17373369
  • published18 Jun 2026
  • disclosed25 Jun 2026

Introduced: 18 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-40941  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 cacti to version 1.2.31-0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cacti package and not the cacti package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Versions 1.2.30 and prior have a package import signature validation bypass allows which allows self-signed packages. This issue has been fixed in version 1.2.31.