CVE-2026-111218

high

Description

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with Traffic Shaper Limiters privileges to execute root commands by tampering with the limiter number field. Attackers can submit a malicious hidden 'number' value when editing a limiter, then delete it so delete_queue() passes the unquoted value to dnctl via /bin/sh as root.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.0-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-traffic-shaper-limiters

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-limiter-number

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/shaper.inc#L3959

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/shaper.inc#L3820-L3821

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102330

https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-limiter-number

https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08649