CVE-2022-0730: cacti Improper Authentication
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-0730 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Improper Authentication vulnerability in cacti. EPSS estimates a 3.50% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 9.8 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3Timeline
- 03-03-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Under certain ldap conditions, Cacti authentication can be bypassed with certain credential types.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · AlpineEcosystem advisory · calculated9.8CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.50%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
89%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.50% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Suse4 products
- cacti-spine&distro=SUSE Package Hub 12< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
- cacti-spine&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
- cacti&distro=SUSE Package Hub 12< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
- cacti&distro=SUSE Package Hub 15 SP3< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
Opensuse3 products
- cacti-spine&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
- cacti&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.3< 1.2.20-bp153.2.9.1
- cacti&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.2.20-1.1
Debian2 products
- cacti< 1.2.20+ds1-1
- debian_linuxEOL9.0 | 10.0 | 11.0
Alpine1 product
- cacti< 1.2.20-r0
Cacti1 product
- cacti1.2.19
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL34 | 35 | 36
Ubuntu1 product
- cactiAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 13 products
References
15 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/…Vendor Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory