CVE-2026-111226
HIGHCVSS 7.2Description
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.
Timeline
Published:October 15th, 2026 7:17 PM
Last modified:October 15th, 2026 9:05 PM
CVSS Scoring
CVSS v3: 7.2 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-sshguard-crlf
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/syslog.inc#L531-L563
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_advanced_admin.inc#L355-L381
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.4.5-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-system-advanced-admin-php
Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute