CVE-2022-46169 — Cacti Command Injection Vulnerability

Cacti is an open source platform which provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. In affected versions a command injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on a server running Cacti, if a

01What is this vulnerability?

Cacti is an open source platform which provides a robust and extensible operational monitoring and fault management framework for users. In affected versions a command injection vulnerability allows an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary code on a server running Cacti, if a specific data source was selected for any monitored device. The vulnerability resides in the `remote_agent.php` file…

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Cacti	cacti	< 1.2.23

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2023-02-16. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-05T20:48:07.852Z
• Last modified: 2025-10-21T23:15:30.343Z
• Added to CISA KEV: 2023-02-16
• BOD 22-01 due: 2023-03-09

09References

• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-6p93-p743-35gf
• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/7f0e16312dd5ce20f93744ef8b9c3b0f1ece2216
• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/a8d59e8fa5f0054aa9c6981b1cbe30ef0e2a0ec9
• github.com — https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/b43f13ae7f1e6bfe4e8e56a80a7cd867cf2db52b