CVE-2026-119409
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
OPNsense before 26.7.8 contains a command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with the System: Firmware privilege to execute commands as root by storing a malicious firmware mirror URL. Attackers can submit shell metacharacters through POST /api/core/firmware/set that opnsense-update evaluates with eval, and can also disable package signature verification through sed injection.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-30 12:16:37.510000
Last modified
2026-10-30 12:16:37.510000
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"id": "CVE-2026-119409",
"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-10-30T12:16:37.510",
"lastModified": "2026-10-30T12:16:37.510",
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}
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{
"source": "[email protected]",
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"references": [
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"url": "https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/opnsense-firmware-mirror-sed",
"source": "[email protected]"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/opnsense/core",
"source": "[email protected]"
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"url": "https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/1cc41fc39da99d59818c789b3b561f1515126f47",
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"url": "https://github.com/opnsense/core/commit/8e214533d33c3af7481e86f616ee615adc6a0a73",
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"url": "https://github.com/opnsense/core/security/advisories/GHSA-p683-f7x2-pm4p",
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"url": "https://github.com/opnsense/update/blob/a2b8a10ba85f13b2cd002abb4c8692dde99f0261/src/update/opnsense-update.sh.in#L165",
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"source": "[email protected]"
}
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}