Quick answers
- Is CVE-2026-111224 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-111224 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2026-111224?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 15 October 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Netgate Pfsense Ce through 2.9.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2026-111224?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-2026-111224 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network.
- Am I affected by CVE-2026-111224?
- Check whether you run Netgate Pfsense Ce at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the openvpn.connect_async.sh script where user-supplied usernames are passed unsafely to an eval'd pfctl anchor name. Authenticated VPN users (via RADIUS or LDAP) can inject shell metacharacters and single quotes in their username to break out of the eval context and execute arbitrary commands as root on connect or disconnect events. This requires prior VPN authentication but results in full system compromise.
Affected products
- Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-15: disclosed