{"id":"CVE-2026-111220","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-111220","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:42:40.994Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2026-10-15T19:17:35.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T21:05:33.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","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-93"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00726,"percentile":0.5392,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[{"date":"2026-10-16","score":0.00726,"percentile":0.53198}]},"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 (0.73%). 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":"2026-10-15T19:17:35.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.6","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T19:17:34.500Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.6)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-pppoe-cron","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/interfaces.inc#L2174-L2214","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/services.inc#L5652-L5660","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/interfaces_ppps_edit.php#L271-L278","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-crontab-injection-via-ppp-periodic-reset-ptpid","source":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111220","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."}