CVE-2023-29973

mediumpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

2.05% (81st) EPSS

CVSS 4.9 · medium

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 is vulnerable to No rate limit which can lead to an attacker creating multiple malicious users in firewall.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.9

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.2 · impact 3.6

v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Trackcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-770USprimary

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Netgate pfSense CE 2.6.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netgate:pfsense:ce_2.6.0
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
pfsense pfsense= 2.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-2795Netgate pfSense: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Umgehen von SicherheitsvorkehrungenDeutsch2023-10-31csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Netgate pfSense ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cert_bund nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2023-10-25modified 2026-06-17

related (3,264)

Related entries.

ID	severity	EPSS	exploitable	published
CVE-2025-53521US	—OT critical	2.30% (83rd)	KEV	2025-10-15
When a BIG-IP APM access policy is configured on a virtual server, specific malicious traffic can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE). Note: Software versions which have reached…
CVE-2022-22963US	critical9.8OT critical	99.9% (100th)	KEV	2022-04-01
In Spring Cloud Function versions 3.1.6, 3.2.2 and older unsupported versions, when using routing functionality it is possible for a user to provide a specially crafted SpEL as a r…
CVE-2020-3569US	high8.6OT critical	3.32% (89th)	KEV	2020-09-23
Multiple vulnerabilities in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to either immedi…
CVE-2020-3566US	high8.6OT critical	3.70% (90th)	KEV	2020-08-29
A vulnerability in the Distance Vector Multicast Routing Protocol (DVMRP) feature of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to exhaust process memory…
CVE-2023-50387US	high7.5	100.0% (100th)	Exploit	2024-02-14
Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related RFCs) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via one or more D…

+3259 more

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

scry

Attackers weaponise vulnerabilities like this against internet-exposed services. See what is exposed on your perimeter with a free passive scan.

Free scan