CVE-2026-111224
7.5, highNetgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 5% higher than 92.5% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- No public evidence
- Published
- 15 Oct 20262 days ago
Description
pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the OpenVPN openvpn.connect_async.sh script that allows authenticated VPN users to execute commands as root via crafted usernames. Attackers authenticated through RADIUS or LDAP can use usernames containing single quotes and shell metacharacters to break out of the eval'd pfctl anchor name on connect or disconnect.
Details
- Vendor
- Netgate
- Product
- pfSense CE
- Weakness
- CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Awaiting analysis
- Updated
- 15 Oct 2026
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 4
Other references 4
- abraxaslabs.tech /research/pfsense-ce-leftovers (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /abraxas/pfsense-ovpn-connect-eval (opens in a new tab)
- github.com /pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/sbin/openvpn.connect_async.sh#L83-L114 (opens in a new tab)
- vulncheck.com /advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-openvpn-connect-async-sh (opens in a new tab)
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 holdSame vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.
- CVE-2026-111214 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 9% 7.2, high
- CVE-2026-111216 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 7% 7.2, high
- CVE-2026-111217 Netgate pfSense CE OS Command Injection Vulnerability EPSS 7% 7.2, 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 0.9% 7.2, 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 17 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.