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.
History

Thu, 14 May 2026 00:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Opnsense
Opnsense core
Vendors & Products Opnsense
Opnsense core

Wed, 13 May 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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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.
Title OPNsense: RCE on user managment
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-05-13T21:53:27.948Z

Updated: 2026-05-13T21:53:27.948Z

Reserved: 2026-05-05T15:13:47.570Z

Link: CVE-2026-44194

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-13T22:16:43.673

Modified: 2026-05-13T22:16:43.673

Link: CVE-2026-44194

cve-icon Redhat

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