Medium 5.5Published Oct 15, 2026

CVE-2026-111228Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.1 through 2.9.0 CRLF Injection via services_unbound_advanced.php

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 6:20 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Netgate pfSense CE from 2.7.1 through 2.9.0 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in services_unbound_advanced.php that allows authenticated users with DNS Resolver: Advanced privilege to inject Unbound directives. Attackers can embed CR/LF characters in the unvalidated sock_queue_timeout parameter, which is written raw into unbound.conf, to override local records and forwarding for all clients.

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L
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 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 15, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Netgate pfSense CE netgate:pfsense_ce (from the name)	from 2.7.1 through 2.9.0	CNA record
pfsense pfsense pfsense:pfsense	from 2.7.1 through 2.9.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-unbound-sock-timeout	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/services_unbound_advanced.php#L178	technical-description, product
https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/unbound.inc#L590	technical-description, product
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.1-through-2.9.0-crlf-injection-via-services-unbound-advanced-php	third-party-advisory

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