Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 Command Injection via Captive Portal HA Sync
pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a command injection vulnerability in services_captiveportal_hasync.php that allows users with only the Captive Portal HA privilege to execute commands as root. Attackers can set backwardsyncip to a malicious XMLRPC server returning connected_users with shell metacharacters in ip or mac fields, which captiveportal_load_pfctl passes unescaped to a pfctl shell command.
CVE-2026-111229
Primary source · Revision 1
Imported from structured advisory data. Source references identify upstream records or fields; verify affected versions and your deployed configuration.
Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-111229
pfSense CE
Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product
- Affected versions
- Not stated in this record
- Fixed versions
- Not stated in this record
- Prerequisites
- Not stated in this record
Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
[
{
"repo": "https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense",
"vendor": "Netgate",
"product": "pfSense CE",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "2.7.0",
"versionType": "semver",
"lessThanOrEqual": "2.9.0"
}
],
"packageURL": "pkg:github/pfsense/pfsense",
"collectionURL": "https://github.com",
"defaultStatus": "unaffected"
}
]- Related CVEs
- CVE-2026-111229
Source reference:
/cveMetadata/cveId
Publisher severity
high
Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics
- Event
- #32804 · Revision 1
- Added to Heist Feed
- Publisher date