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Cacti: Arbitrary File Read via Path Traversal in Report `format_file` Parameter
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L L N U H N N 6.5 .0039 31.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
cacti < 1.2.31 – —
TIMELINE
Apr 9 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jun 25 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-40084 (cacti). Public exploit reference added.
Jun 25 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Description
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Versions 1.2.30 and prior are vulnerable to Path Traversal through the Report format_file Parameter, causing arbitrary file read. This vulnerability occurs in two stages. In the first stage (stored injection), lib/html_reports.php at line 283 stores $save['format_file'] = $post['format_file'] directly into the database without any validation. In the second stage (file read), lib/reports.php at line 667 concatenates CACTI_PATH_FORMATS . '/' . $format_file, and line 670 then calls file($format_file), reading arbitrary files from the filesystem. This issue has been fixed in version 1.2.31.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 9, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| June 25, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-40084 (cacti). Public exploit reference added. |
| June 25, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Cacti | cacti | — | < 1.2.31 | — |
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