CVE-2026-111228: medium-severity vulnerability in Netgate pfSense CE
Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.1 through 2.9.0 CRLF Injection via services_unbound_advanced.php
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33Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 5.1epss 1.8%
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:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L
Affected products
Netgate · pfSense CEpublic PoCs found — 1
cve_referencegithub.com/abraxas/pfsense-unbound-sock-timeoutunverified⚠ 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-unbound-sock-timeouthttps://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/unbound.inc#L590https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_unbound_advanced.php#L178https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.1-through-2.9.0-crlf-injection-via-services-unbound-advanced-php