CVE-2026-111219

Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in services_pppoe_edit.php that allows privileged users to inject mpd.secret entries via unvalidated username POST fields. Attackers with the PPPoE Server Edit privilege can add a line whose secret begins with '!', making mpd5 run commands as root when a PPPoE client authenticates.

CVSS 4.0

7.5CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS

0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 58% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-93

Published

2026-10-15

Modified

2026-10-20

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-21

Affected

• pfsense:pfsense

References

• https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
• https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-pppoe-secret-bang
• https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc#L272-L282
• https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_pppoe_edit.php#L141-L152
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-command-injection-via-pppoe-server-username

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