MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-111215 (CVSS 8.6)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 15, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 7.1%

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute commands as root by supplying a crafted wireless parent interface name. Attackers with limited Wireless Edit or Interface Assignments privileges can submit values like ath0;<cmd> via interfaces_wireless_edit.php or interfaces_assign.php, which interface_wireless_clone() interpolates unescaped into an ifconfig shell command.

Technical details

CVSS

8.6

AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:HighUI:None

Evidence and sources

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