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title: "CVE-2024-43363\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2024-43363

Publication date 7 October 2024

Last updated 11 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**7.2 · High**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-43363?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. An
admin user can create a device with a malicious hostname containing php
code and repeat the installation process (completing only step 5 of the
installation process is enough, no need to complete the steps before or
after it) to use a php file as the cacti log file. After having the
malicious hostname end up in the logs (log poisoning), one can simply go to
the log file url to execute commands to achieve RCE. This issue has been
addressed in version 1.2.28 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are
no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| cacti | 26.04 LTS resolute | Needs evaluation |
| 25.10 questing | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 25.04 plucky | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.10 oracular | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Needs evaluation |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Needs evaluation |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

7.2 · High

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | High |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 7.2 · High |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-43363)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43363)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2024-43363)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-43363)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-43363>
* <https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-gxq4-mv8h-6qj4>