PT-2026-115181 · Netgate · Pfsense Ce

Abraxas Labs

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CVE-2026-111216

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Published

2026-10-15

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Updated

2026-10-15

CVSS v3.1

7.2

High

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with gateway edit privileges to execute commands as root by injecting shell metacharacters into an IPv6 link-local zone index. Attackers can set a gateway Monitor IP whose unvalidated zone carries a payload, which start dpinger() passes unescaped to the dpinger shell command when monitoring is applied.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-111216

Affected Products

Pfsense Ce