{"id":"CVE-2026-111222","title":"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","summary":"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 n…","severity":"medium","cvss":6.6,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-93"],"vendor":"Netgate","product":"pfSense CE","affected":["pfsense_ce <= 2.9.0"],"published":"2026-10-15","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T19:17:34.797","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-111222","references":[{"url":"https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-timezone-phpini","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/system.inc#L2377-L2380","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L163-L166","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/rc.php_ini_setup#L220","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/system.php#L288","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"},{"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-through-2.9.0-php-ini-injection-via-timezone-setting","label":"disclosure@vulncheck.com"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T19:25:46.428Z","slug":"CVE-2026-111222","body":"## Overview\n\nNetgate 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.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":36,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":36.3,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}