CVE-2026-111226

high

Description

pfSense CE 2.4.5 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated WebGUI users with Advanced Admin Access privilege to execute commands as root via Login Protection settings. Attackers can submit sshguard threshold, block time, or detection time values containing newlines or $(...) that are written unvalidated to sshguard.conf and sourced as root on restart.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.4.5-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-system-advanced-admin-php

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_advanced_admin.inc#L355-L381

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/syslog.inc#L531-L563

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-sshguard-crlf

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102338

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-26

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: 0.06548