What is CVE-2025-69690?

CVE-2025-69690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pfsense, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-08.

How severe is CVE-2025-69690?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-69690 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Deserialization in Pfsense

CVE-2025-69690

Netgate pfSense CE 2.7.2 allows code execution by using the module installer with a backup file with a serialized PHP object containing the post_reboot_commands property. NOTE: the Supplier disputes this because this installer is only avai…

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

EPSS: 0.000 (11.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Pfsense — versions 2.7.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

privlabs/CVE-2025-69690-CVE-2025-69691

References

cve@mitre.org (Not Applicable)
cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-69690?: CVE-2025-69690 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Pfsense, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-08.
How severe is CVE-2025-69690?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-69690 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.