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CVE-2026-111222

7.2, high

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a php.ini injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with General Setup…

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CVSS
7.2, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
1% higher than 61.5% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
No public evidence
Published
15 Oct 20266 days ago

Description

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a php.ini injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with General Setup privileges to inject directives by submitting an unvalidated timezone value. Attackers can embed a quote and newline to add auto_prepend_file pointing at /var/db/zoneinfo, executing PHP as root after php.ini is regenerated at boot or php-fpm restart.

Details

Vendor
Netgate
Product
pfSense CE
Weakness
CWE-93 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
21 Oct 2026
Assigner
disclosure@vulncheck.com

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

References 7

Advisories 2

Other references 5

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other Netgate CVEs

Every Netgate CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2026-111214 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 10% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111216 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 5% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111217 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 7% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111224 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 5% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-111226 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 7% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111229 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 6% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111231 Netgate pfSense CE Incorrect Authorization Vulnerability EPSS 0.8% 7.2, high
  • CVE-2026-111225 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 6% 8.8, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 21 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.