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AV AC AT PR UI VC VI VA CVSS EPSS %ile KEV N L N H N H H H 8.6 .0637 93.6 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed pfSense CE 2.7.0 – —
TIMELINE Oct 15 Reserved by VulnCheck Oct 15 Published (CNA: VulnCheck) Oct 16 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-111229 (Netgate pfSense CE). Public exploit reference added.
pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in services_captiveportal_hasync.php that allows users with only the Captive Portal HA privilege to execute commands as root. Attackers can set backwardsyncip to a malicious XMLRPC server returning connected_users with shell metacharacters in ip or mac fields, which captiveportal_load_pfctl passes unescaped to a pfctl shell command.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| October 15, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by VulnCheck |
| October 15, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: VulnCheck) |
| October 16, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-111229 (Netgate pfSense CE). Public exploit reference added. |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netgate | pfSense CE | — | 2.7.0 | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2026-111229 at cve.org
Vendors: netgate
Weaknesses: CWE-78
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