# CVE-2025-24368: Cacti has a SQL Injection vulnerability when using tree rules through Automation API

> Attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Automation API tree rules, potentially reading or modifying database contents.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.9 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-24368, GHSA-f9c7-7rc3-574c, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-24368

## What is CVE-2025-24368?

CVE-2025-24368 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Cacti is an open source performance and fault management framework. Some of the data stored in automation_tree_rules.php is not thoroughly checked and is used to concatenate the SQL statement in build_rule_item_filter() function from lib/api_automation.php, resulting in SQL injection. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.29.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24368?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cacti Cacti.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-24368?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-24368 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-24368 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cacti Cacti

- [CVE-2022-46169](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-46169/): Cacti Command Injection (critical 9.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-39893](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39893/): Cacti: Pre-authentication SQL injection via rfilter RLIKE clause in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39938](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39938/): Cacti: Unauthenticated RCE on Graph Image (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-39955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-39955/): Cacti has Pre-Authentication SQL Injection via unanchored FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP in graph_view.php (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-39361](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39361/): Unauthenticated SQL Injection in graph_view.php in Cacti (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-24368 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-24368 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Cacti Cacti, published on 27 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-24368 exists.

Affected product: Cacti Cacti. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24368/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24368/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24368
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24368
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-24368

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-24368/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.