{"id":"CVE-2026-111216","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-111216","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T06:35:51.085Z","title":"Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with gateway edit privileges to execute commands as root by injecting shell metacharacters into an IPv6 link-local zone index.","description":"Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with gateway edit privileges to execute commands as root by injecting shell metacharacters into an IPv6 link-local zone index. Attackers can set a gateway Monitor IP whose unvalidated zone carries a payload, which start_dpinger() passes unescaped to the dpinger shell command when monitoring is applied.","published":"2026-10-15T19:17:34.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-26T16:17:13.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"disclosure@vulncheck.com","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["pfsense/pfsense"],"epss":{"score":0.04721,"percentile":0.91788,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-16","score":0.06548,"percentile":0.93727},{"date":"2026-10-20","score":0.04626,"percentile":0.91611}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.72%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-15T19:17:34.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.6","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T19:17:33.907Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.6)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-gw-ipv6-zone","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/gwlb.inc#L535","tags":["Product"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/util.inc#L1418","tags":["Product"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-gateway-monitor-ip","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111216","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}