GHSA-gg6q-95gx-p8r8HighCVSS 6.6
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in services_pppoe_edit.php that allows privileged users to inject mpd.secret entries via unvalidated username POST fields. Attackers with the PPPoE Server Edit privilege can add a line whose secret begins with '!', making mpd5 run commands as root when a PPPoE client authenticates.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111219
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-pppoe-secret-bang
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc#L272-L282
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_pppoe_edit.php#L141-L152
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-command-injection-via-pppoe-server-username
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gg6q-95gx-p8r8