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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20434

LibreNMS 1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by using the $_POST['community'] parameter to html/pages/addhost.inc.php during creation of a new device, and then making a /ajax_output.php?id=capture&format=text&type=snmpwalk&hostname=localhost request that triggers html/includes/output/capture.inc.php command mishandling.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2018-20434

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Apr 2019, 21:29 UTC

LibreNMS 1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by using the $_POST['community'] parameter to html/pages/addhost.inc.php during creation of a new device, and then making a /ajax_output.php?id=capture&format=text&type=snmpwalk&hostname=localhost request that triggers html/includes/output/capture.inc.php command mishandling.

osv:CVE-2018-20434
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "LibreNMS 1.46 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by using the $_POST['community'] parameter to html/pages/addhost.inc.php during creation of a new device, and then making a /ajax_output.php?id=capture&format=text&type=snmpwalk&hostname=localhost request that triggers html/includes/output/capture.inc.php command mishandling.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20434",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:55.336870361Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://gist.github.com/mhaskar/516df57aafd8c6e3a1d70765075d372d",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 438390,
  "published_at": "2019-04-24T21:29:00.4+00:00"
}