CVE-2026-111222: high-severity vulnerability in Netgate pfSense CE
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 php.ini Injection via Timezone Setting
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41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 7.5epss 1.0%
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:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Netgate · pfSense CEpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/abraxas/pfsense-timezone-phpiniunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
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References
https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovershttps://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-timezone-phpinihttps://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2377-L2380https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L163-L166https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L220https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/system.php#L288https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-php-ini-injection-via-timezone-setting