Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-44194 EUVD-2026-30184

OPNsense: RCE on user managment

Published May 13, 2026 · Updated May 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
opnsense core < 26.1.8 —

Advisories 1

References