Configuration line injection in OPNsense wireless WPA settings
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
OPNsense core before 26.7.8 contains a configuration line injection flaw in its WPA settings. An authenticated user with wireless-edit privilege can embed CR/LF characters in WPA fields, which injects extra directives. Those directives are loaded by root-run wpa_supplicant and hostapd daemons, letting the attacker alter their configuration.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
Description from the CNA
OPNsense core before 26.7.8 contains a configuration line injection vulnerability that allows authenticated users with wireless-edit privilege to inject directives by embedding CR/LF characters in WPA fields. Attackers can place newlines in wpa.identity, wpa.passphrase, or RADIUS shared secrets to append arbitrary wpa_supplicant or hostapd directives loaded by root-run daemons.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update OPNsense core to version 26.7.8 or later, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05
- Fix · CNA core (opnsense) Fixed in 26.7.8
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
opnsense core 26.7.8
3 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-82992 Command injection in OPNsense firmware mirror setting allows root accessPriority MEDIUM 44
- TI-2026-83002 Log injection in OPNsense lets attackers lock out victim IP addressesPriority LOW 37
Timeline
- 2026-10-30 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-119424
- 2026-10-30 Alias added: GHSA-r639-jmpp-wf8p
- 2026-11-01 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Patch 2
More opnsense vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-20247 A command injection vulnerability in the component /api/cron/settings/setJob/ of OPNsense… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20243 Insecure permissions in the configuration directory (/conf/) of OPNsense Community… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-20240 A command injection vulnerability in the component diag_backup.php of OPNsense Community… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2023-11947 DECISO OPNsense 23.1 does not impose rate limits for authentication, allowing attackers… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-74819 Path traversal in OPNsense GeoIP importer allows root code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.9
- TI-2023-20246 /ui/cron/item/open in the Cron component of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-119424 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-119424 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-r639-jmpp-wf8p · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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