High severity · published Aug 5, 2026
CVE-2026-71287
Cacti sanitize_sql_column() Regex Allowlist Permits SQL Time-Delay Functions Leading to Blind SQL Injection
8.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Cacti's sanitize_sql_column (lib/functions.php) sanitizes user-supplied ORDER BY column names using the regex . Because this allowlist retains letters, digits, underscore, parentheses, and dot (intended to support expressions like COUNT(id) and table.column), a payload such as passes through completely unmodified.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CA
cacti · Cacti
through 1.3.0-dev · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71287
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71287
github.com
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti
github.com
https://github.com/Cacti/cacti/blob/develop/lib/functions.php
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