CVE-2026-111230

medium

Description

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a local file read vulnerability that allows users with the Dynamic DNS client privilege to read files as root by setting a file:// custom Update URL in services_dyndns_edit.php. Attackers can set a non-matching Result Match string so _checkStatus() logs file contents such as /conf/config.xml or /etc/master.passwd to the system log.

References

Advisories
More

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-local-file-read-via-dynamic-dns-update-url

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-dyndns-file

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_dyndns_edit.php#L138-L141

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class#L598-L616

https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/dyndns.class#L2151-L2171

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-102342

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-10-15

Updated: 2026-10-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.1

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.9

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

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00753