CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-111222

MediumCVSS 6.6
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.98%

61th percentile - higher than 61% of all known CVEs

Summary

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.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can execute arbitrary PHP code as root, leading to full system compromise. The risk affects users with General Setup privileges.

Recommendation

Upgrade pfSense CE to a version newer than 2.9.0 if available, or restrict General Setup privileges to trusted users only. Monitor php.ini changes and system logs.

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Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS