MajorCritical vulnerability
CVE-2026-111220 (CVSS 8.6)
NVD · officialPublished Oct 15, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.7%
pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a crontab injection vulnerability in interfaces_ppps_edit.php that allows authenticated users to execute commands as root by injecting newlines into the ptpid or reset hour/minute fields. Attackers holding the 'WebCfg - Interfaces: PPPs: Edit' privilege can submit crafted POST values that configure_cron() writes unescaped into /etc/crontab, running arbitrary root commands on schedule.
Technical details
CVSS
8.6
AV:NetworkAC:LowPR:HighUI:None
Evidence and sources
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