CVE•Published 2026-10-15•Modified 2026-10-21•0 articles on news•4 live references•NVD data

CVE-2026-111222Pfsense · Pfsense

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.6

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 39% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-93Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences

Description

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.

Timeline

Published 2026-10-15

Modified 2026-10-21

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag28 hosts

vuln:CVE-2026-111222

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Pfsense Pfsense"

All exposed Pfsense Pfsense instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Pfsense"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Pfsense" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2026-111222