MinorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-111224 (CVSS 7.7)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 15, 2026Risk 23/100EPSS 5.4%

pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in the OpenVPN openvpn.connect_async.sh script that allows authenticated VPN users to execute commands as root via crafted usernames. Attackers authenticated through RADIUS or LDAP can use usernames containing single quotes and shell metacharacters to break out of the eval'd pfctl anchor name on connect or disconnect.

Technical details

CVSS

7.7

AV:NetworkAC:HighPR:LowUI:None

Evidence and sources

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