CVE-2026-111224

highpriority · track · 32EPSS 0.054 · 93 %ileDE
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
5.37% (93rd) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
Is it mine?
2 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
1 sources
cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the OpenVPN openvpn.connect_async.sh script that allows authenticated VPN users to execute commands as root via crafted usernames. Attackers authenticated through RADIUS or LDAP can use usernames containing single quotes and shell metacharacters to break out of the eval'd pfctl anchor name on connect or disconnect.

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cvss

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

7.7
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.2–7.7

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · disclosure@vulncheck.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9
v4.07.7highCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · disclosure@vulncheck.com
v4.05.2mediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Xsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

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

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78US
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affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2026-3983Netgate pfSense: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-10-15csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Netgate pfSense ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode mit Administratorrechten auszuführen und um auf Dateien zuzugreifen.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2026-10-15modified 2026-10-16
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references (4) nvd

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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