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.
History

Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 20 Oct 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Pfsense
Pfsense pfsense
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Pfsense
Pfsense pfsense

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First Time appeared Netgate pfsense Ce
Vendors & Products Netgate pfsense Ce

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Description 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.
Title Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 php.ini Injection via Timezone Setting
First Time appeared Netgate
Netgate pfsense
Weaknesses CWE-93
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:netgate:pfsense:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Netgate
Netgate pfsense
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': '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'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2026-10-15T18:46:23.081Z

Updated: 2026-10-21T01:08:42.916Z

Reserved: 2026-10-15T18:21:20.824Z

Link: CVE-2026-111222

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T01:08:37.607Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-10-15T19:17:34.797

Modified: 2026-10-21T01:17:20.287

Link: CVE-2026-111222

cve-icon Redhat

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