CVE-2026-39894CWE-474

Cacti: RRDtool metric shift via LC_NUMERIC locale comma decimal formatting

Low · published June 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
2.9
EPSS
0%
Percentile
3.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
2.9 · LOW
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00139 · 3.6th percentile
Weakness
CWE-474 · Use of Function with Inconsistent Implementations
Published
2026-06-24T21:55Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 21:55Z
    Cacti: RRDtool metric shift via LC_NUMERIC locale comma decimal formatting
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