CVE-2026-111219
Description
Netgate pfSense CE through 2.9.0 contains a newline injection vulnerability in services_pppoe_edit.php that allows privileged users to inject mpd.secret entries via unvalidated username POST fields. Attackers with the PPPoE Server Edit privilege can add a line whose secret begins with '!', making mpd5 run commands as root when a PPPoE client authenticates.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-pppoe-secret-bang
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/vpn.inc#L272-L282
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_pppoe_edit.php#L141-L152
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-command-injection-via-pppoe-server-username
CWEs
CWE-93
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.