CVE-2026-111225: low-severity vulnerability in Netgate pfSense CE
Netgate pfSense CE 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 OS Command Injection via openvpn.learn-address.sh
Published
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28Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 2.3epss 6.2%
Netgate pfSense CE 2.5.0 through 2.9.0 contains an OS command injection vulnerability in openvpn.learn-address.sh that allows authenticated VPN clients to execute commands as the unbound user. Attackers can embed shell metacharacters in the certificate common name or username, which is interpolated unquoted into su -c strings, when DNS Resolver client registration is enabled.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Netgate · pfSense CEpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/abraxas/pfsense-ovpn-learn-cnunverified⚠ 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-ovpn-learn-cnhttps://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/sbin/openvpn.learn-address.sh#L57-L62https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.5.0-through-2.9.0-os-command-injection-via-openvpn-learn-address-sh