CVE-2022-26019

HIGH

pfSense CE <2.6.0 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Improper access control vulnerability in pfSense CE and pfSense Plus (pfSense CE software versions prior to 2.6.0 and pfSense Plus software versions prior to 22.01) allows a remote attacker with the privilege to change NTP GPS settings to rewrite existing files on the file system, which may result in arbitrary command execution.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN87751554/index.html
Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://docs.netgate.com/downloads/pfSense-SA-22_01.webgui.asc

Scores

CVSS v3 8.8
EPSS 0.0423
EPSS Percentile 89.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (2)
netgate/pfsense < 2.6.0
netgate/pfsense_plus < 22.01
Published Mar 31, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026