What is CVE-2026-44193?

CVE-2026-44193 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opnsense Core, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-44193?

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

Vulnerability in Opnsense Core

CVE-2026-44193

OPNsense is a FreeBSD based firewall and routing platform. Prior to 26.1.7, the XMLRPC method opnsense.restore_config_section fails to sanitize user supplied input leading to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 26.1.7.

EPSS: 0.003 (55.9th 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

Opnsense Core — versions < 26.1.7
Opnsense

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-88 — Argument Injection

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44193?: CVE-2026-44193 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opnsense Core, classified under Argument Injection. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2026-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-44193?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.