CVE-2026-39894
Cacti: RRDtool metric shift via LC_NUMERIC locale comma decimal formatting
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 2.9 Low
- Published
- Jun 24, 2026
- Updated
- Jun 25, 2026
- Reserved
- Apr 7, 2026
Description
Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. In versions 1.2.30 and below, the locale-dependent decimal formatting in rrdtool_function_update() can corrupt RRDtool metric values. The rrdtool_function_update() function checks metric values with is_numeric() and concatenates them into the RRDtool update command via PHP string interpolation. PHP's string cast of floats is locale-sensitive: if LC_NUMERIC uses comma as decimal separator (e.g., de_DE), a value of 1.5 becomes "1,5". RRDtool expects . as decimal separator, causing metric data to shift into wrong columns or be silently dropped. No setlocale() reset is present in the update path. This causes a data integrity issue, but is not remotely exploitable; it requires server locale misconfiguration. The issue has been fixed in version 1.2.31.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 2.9 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N | GitHub_M |
Weaknesses
- CWE-474 Use of Function with Inconsistent Implementations
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
cactiCacti |
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References
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