CVE-2026-111228

Medium

Description

Netgate pfSense CE from 2.7.1 through 2.9.0 contains a CRLF injection vulnerability in services_unbound_advanced.php that allows authenticated users with DNS Resolver: Advanced privilege to inject Unbound directives. Attackers can embed CR/LF characters in the unvalidated sock_queue_timeout parameter, which is written raw into unbound.conf, to override local records and forwarding for all clients.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductPfsense
PublishedOct 15, 2026
First seenOct 15, 2026
Weakness typeCWE-93CWE-93

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
pfsense pfsense2.7.1 ≤ v ≤ 2.9.0—

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