CVE-2021-40643

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-06-30 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

EyesOfNetwork before 07-07-2021 has a Remote Code Execution vulnerability on the mail options configuration page. In the location of the "sendmail" application in the "cacti" configuration page (by default/usr/sbin/sendmail) it is possible to execute any command, which will be executed when we make a test of the configuration ("send test mail").

Affected products

Eyesofnetwork: before 2021-07-07 — fixed in 2021-07-07

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Eyesofnetwork 2021-07-07. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://eyesofnetwork.com
https://www.eyesofnetwork.com/en/news/vulnerabilite-cacti
https://eyesofnetwork.com
https://www.eyesofnetwork.com/en/news/vulnerabilite-cacti

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