OS Command Injection in OPNsense (CVE-2026-44194)
Summary
OS command injection in OPNsense (CVE-2026-44194). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 26.1.8 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44194 has been found in OPNsense.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 9.1/10.
What to do: upgrade OPNsense to 26.1.8 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OPNsense CVE-2026-44194" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-44194 (OPNsense) — CWE-78 / CVSS v3 9.1
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 26.1.8 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
OS command injection (CWE-78) exists in OPNsense.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OPNsense.
Severity: Critical (CVSS 9.1/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 26.1.8.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OPNsense' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OPNsense' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OPNsenseを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade OPNsense to 26.1.8ステージング環境で 26.1.8 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov