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.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 4
- Cpes+1 CPE criteria (now 1)NVD modified 2026-10-19 20:42
- StatusAwaiting Analysis → AnalyzedNVD modified 2026-10-19 20:42
- StatusReceived → Awaiting AnalysisNVD modified 2026-10-15 21:05
- First seenCVSS 5.1NVD modified 2026-10-15 19:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:pfsense:pfsense:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
References 5
- https://abraxaslabs.tech/research/pfsense-ce-leftovers Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/abraxas/pfsense-unbound-sock-timeout Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/etc/inc/unbound.inc#L590 Product
- https://github.com/pfsense/pfsense/blob/9363ac5b8651a1c7a333180425ce7719070f95f9/src/usr/local/www/services_unbound_advanced.php#L178 Product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/netgate-pfsense-ce-2.7.1-through-2.9.0-crlf-injection-via-services-unbound-advanced-php Third Party Advisory