CVE-2026-71287 Affecting cacti package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CACTI-18612510
  • published12 Oct 2026
  • disclosed5 Aug 2026

Introduced: 5 Aug 2026

CVE-2026-71287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:unstable cacti.

NVD Description

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

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.