CVE-2026-44194
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Publication date: 2026-05-13

Last updated on: 2026-05-15

Assigner: GitHub, Inc.

Description
OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.8, an authenticated Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the OPNsense core allows a user with user-management privileges to execute arbitrary system commands as root. An attacker can bypass input validation by formatting their malicious payload as a compliant email address, allowing shell commands to reach the underlying operating system. The flaw exists in the local user synchronization flow, within core/src/opnsense/scripts/auth/sync_user.php. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.1.8.
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Published
2026-05-13
Last Modified
2026-05-15
Generated
2026-06-10
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-08
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Vendor Product Version / Range
opnsense opnsense to 26.1.8 (exc)
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CWE-78 The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.
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