CVE-2026-71490

7.1 HIGH 0.4% exploit odds Fix listed Auth & access Network gear

What it is

OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.11, OPNsense\Core\ACL::hasPrivilege() appends a directly assigned comma-separated <priv> value as one string and then uses an exact comparison when checking user-config-readonly. A user directly assigned both a component write privilege and user-config-readonly can therefore be treated as lacking the read-only restriction, and MVC APIs protected by throwReadOnly() can persist configuration changes for that component. Group privileges are not affected by the same parser flaw because the group path already splits comma-separated values. This issue is fixed in version 26.1.11.

At a glance

Exploitability: Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data tampering.
Exploit odds: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Fix: A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.

Timeline

2026-08-06 19:56 UTC ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
2026-10-15 16:18 UTC PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
2026-10-15 21:08 UTC Last updatedMost recent change to the record

Why it ranks here

Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
Severity: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.

Details

Published: 2026-10-15 16:18 UTC
Last modified: 2026-10-15 21:08 UTC
Exploit probability: 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
Weakness: CWE-863 · Incorrect authorization
Record status: Deferred

Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.1

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: Low

Raw vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

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Fix and advisories

References

NVD record · CVE.org record