CVE-2026-111220 | Vulnerability Intelligence

Stored catalog record

Source record retrieved 2026-10-28T10:22:47.610113+00:00. Scheduled imports handle updates; this page does not assert that the provider was queried just now.

Vulnerability overview

pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a crontab injection vulnerability in interfaces_ppps_edit.php that allows authenticated users to execute commands as root by injecting newlines into the ptpid or reset hour/minute fields. Attackers holding the 'WebCfg - Interfaces: PPPs: Edit' privilege can submit crafted POST values that configure_cron() writes unescaped into /etc/crontab, running arbitrary root commands on schedule.

Patch review priority

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No higher-priority signal is available in the current stored evidence.

FIRST EPSS: 0.73% · percentile 53.9 · score date 2026-10-27.

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Severity and scoring

CVSS score: 8.6 · HIGH
CVSS version: 4.0
CVSS vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Weaknesses: CWE-93

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Known exploitation and remediation

Not listed in the CISA catalog retrieved for this record. This does not establish that exploitation has not occurred.

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Affected products and versions

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