High 7.2Published Oct 15, 2026

CVE-2026-111223Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 Command Injection via IPsec Mobile Login Banner

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 12:20 PM ET)

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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.75%, higher than 55% of scored CVEs.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

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.

CVSS: 7.2 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-74
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 0.75% (percentile 55)
Assigned by: VulnCheck
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Netgate pfSense CE netgate:pfsense_ce (from the name)	from 2.7.0 through 2.9.0	CNA record
pfsense pfsense pfsense:pfsense	from 2.7.0 through 2.9.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-ipsec-login-banner	exploit, technical-description, mitigation, third-party-advisory
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers	technical-description, issue-tracking
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ipsec-login-banner	technical-description, exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/ipsec.inc#L1361-L1388	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/ipsec.inc#L1842-L1845	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/vpn_ipsec_mobile.php#L269-L273	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/commit/27a52d0807	technical-description, patch
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.0-through-2.9.0-command-injection-via-ipsec-mobile-login-banner	third-party-advisory

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