HIGH 8.6 NVD
CVE-2026-111223
Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute
Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute commands as root via the login_banner field. Attackers can submit a single-line banner containing '}' to escape the unquoted strongswan.conf attr value and define charon.start-scripts entries that charon executes as root on restart.
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ipsec-login-banner
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-ipsec-login-banner
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/i
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/i
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.6 was published on 2026-10-15 via NVD.
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