CVE-2026-111223
HIGH
CVSS 7.2
Published: 2026-10-15
Modified: 2026-10-15
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Description
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.
Quick Facts
| CVE ID | CVE-2026-111223 |
| CVSS Score | 7.2 |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| Published | 2026-10-15 |
| Exploited | No |
| CISA KEV | No |
| PoC | Not public |
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/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333…
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333…
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333…
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/27a52d0807
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.…