CVE-2026-111223
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute commands as root via the login_banner field. Attackers can submit a single-line banner containing '}' to escape the unquoted strongswan.conf attr value and define charon.start-scripts entries that charon executes as root on restart.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-15 19:17:34.943000
Last modified
2026-10-19 20:43:24.317000
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