High severity7.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 15, 2026· Updated Oct 15, 2026
CVE-2026-111223
CVE-2026-111223
Description
Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute commands as root via the login_banner field. Attackers can submit a single-line banner containing '}' to escape the unquoted strongswan.conf attr value and define charon.start-scripts entries that charon executes as root on restart.
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Affected products
1- Range: 2.7.0 through 2.9.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
7- abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftoversnvd
- abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ipsec-login-bannernvd
- github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/ipsec.incnvd
- github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/ipsec.incnvd
- github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/vpn_ipsec_mobile.phpnvd
- github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/27a52d0807nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.0-through-2.9.0-command-injection-via-ipsec-mobile-login-bannernvd
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