CVE-2026-111225 (GCVE-0-2026-111225)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-15 18:46
Modified
2026-10-15 19:48
Severity ?
2.3 (Low) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
5.0 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
Summary
Netgate pfSense CE 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in openvpn.learn-address.sh that allows authenticated VPN clients to execute commands as the unbound user. Attackers can embed shell metacharacters in the certificate common name or username, which is interpolated unquoted into su -c strings, when DNS Resolver client registration is enabled.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Netgate pfSense CE Version: 2.5.0   ≤ 2.9.0
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