Medium 6.6Published Oct 15, 2026

CVE-2026-111222Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 php.ini Injection via Timezone Setting

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 5:50 AM ET)

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Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a php.ini injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with General Setup privileges to inject directives by submitting an unvalidated timezone value. Attackers can embed a quote and newline to add auto_prepend_file pointing at /var/db/zoneinfo, executing PHP as root after php.ini is regenerated at boot or php-fpm restart.

CVSS: 6.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-93
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 20, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Netgate pfSense CE netgate:pfsense_ce (from the name)	through 2.9.0	CNA record
pfsense pfsense pfsense:pfsense	through 2.9.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-timezone-phpini	exploit, technical-description, third-party-advisory
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers	technical-description, issue-tracking
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/system.php#L288	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2377-L2380	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L163-L166	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L220	technical-description, product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-php-ini-injection-via-timezone-setting	third-party-advisory

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