CVE-2026-111219
highNetgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in services_pppoe_edit.php that allows privileged users to inject mpd.secret entrie…
Vendor / product: Pfsense — pfsense
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in services_pppoe_edit.php that allows privileged users to inject mpd.secret entries via unvalidated username POST fields. Attackers with the PPPoE Server Edit privilege can add a line whose secret begins with '!', making mpd5 run commands as root when a PPPoE client authenticates.
CVSS
7.2
7.2 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (nvd@nist.gov)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2026-10-15 19:17
Modified: 2026-10-20 15:37
NVD status: Analyzed
Last synced 1 day ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
pfsense / pfsense ≤2.9.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.
References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-pppoe-secret-bang disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/i... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/l... disclosure@vulncheck.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-command-injection-vi... disclosure@vulncheck.com
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 07:03 UTC · record ↗