# CVE-2026-39938: Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 1.2.31
- Published: 2026-06-24 · Updated: 2026-06-26

## Affected

- cacti: fixed in 1.2.31

## Description

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Versions 1.2.30 and prior have unauthenticated LFI through graph_theme and rrdtool IPC serialization hardening. This issue has been resolved in version 1.2.31.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on cacti, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.31) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/security/advisories/GHSA-rm7p-qcqm-x5m6
- https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/commit/9871f0cef9af285398d558c9b3188d5977e01a04
- https://github.com/Polosss/By-Poloss..-..CVE-2026-39938
- https://github.com/kx00007/CVE-2026-39938

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