GHSA-fm76-5wvr-6cv2HighCVSS 7.2
pfSense CE 2.4.5 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
pfSense CE 2.4.5 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated WebGUI users with Advanced Admin Access privilege to execute commands as root via Login Protection settings. Attackers can submit sshguard threshold, block time, or detection time values containing newlines or $(...) that are written unvalidated to sshguard.conf and sourced as root on restart.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111226
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-sshguard-crlf
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/syslog.inc#L531-L563
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/pfSense/include/www/system_advanced_admin.inc#L355-L381
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.4.5-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-system-advanced-admin-php
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fm76-5wvr-6cv2