CVE-2023-29974

criticalpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

1.75% (78th) EPSS

CVSS 9.8 · critical

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cert_bund · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-24

An issue discovered in Pfsense CE version 2.6.0 allows attackers to compromise user accounts via weak password requirements.

cvss

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

9.8

010

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

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

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

Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-521USprimary

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-2023-2867Netgate pfSense: Schwachstelle ermöglicht Offenlegung von InformationenDeutsch2023-11-08csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann eine Schwachstelle in Netgate pfSense ausnutzen, um Informationen offenzulegen.

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 2023-11-08modified 2026-06-17

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references (5)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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