Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.0 through 2.9.0 contains a configuration injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with IPsec Mobile privileges to execute commands as root via the login_banner field. Attackers can submit a single-line banner containing '}' to escape the unquoted strongswan.conf attr value and define charon.start-scripts entries that charon executes as root on restart.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-74"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/111xxx/CVE-2026-111223.json",
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},
{
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}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
},
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{
"introduced": "2.7.0"
},
{
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}
],
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},
{
"extracted_events": [
{
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},
{
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}
],
"source": "DESCRIPTION"
}
]
}