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CVE-2026-111225: pfSense CE 2.5.0 through 2.9.0

CVE-2026-111225. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.0 (MEDIUM, Vendor/CNA).

Affected technology

pfSense CE · 2.5.0 through 2.9.0
Netgate

Description’s affected range: through 2.9.0

Component: Not specified by the source

Attack conditions (Vendor/CNA, CVSS 4.0): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Attackers can embed shell metacharacters in the certificate common name or username, which is interpolated unquoted into su -c strings, when DNS Resolver client registration is enabled. Vendor/CNA’s CVSS 4.0 assessment (base score 2.3/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as low.

Published 15-Oct-2026 21:19 UTC

CWE: CWE-78
CCR priority: 20.0 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1: 5.0 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L · Vendor/CNA
KEV: no

Provenance

NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 21:19:07.527813+00:00 UTC

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-111225.html