CVE-2026-111222
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 php.ini Injection via Timezone Setting
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.0%
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.
- Affected
- Netgate · pfSense CE
- CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK
- 7.5 HIGH
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/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 - CVSS v3.1 VULNCHECK
- 6.6 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS
- 0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 61st percentile
- Published
- 2026-10-15