opnsense CVE Vulnerabilities & Metrics

Focus on opnsense vulnerabilities and metrics.

Last updated: 08 Mar 2025, 23:25 UTC

About opnsense Security Exposure

This page consolidates all known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) associated with opnsense. We track both calendar-based metrics (using fixed periods) and rolling metrics (using gliding windows) to give you a comprehensive view of security trends and risk evolution. Use these insights to assess risk and plan your patching strategy.

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Global CVE Overview

Total opnsense CVEs: 19
Earliest CVE date: 20 May 2019, 22:29 UTC
Latest CVE date: 23 Oct 2023, 21:15 UTC

Latest CVE reference: CVE-2023-27152

Rolling Stats

30-day Count (Rolling): 0
365-day Count (Rolling): 0

Calendar-based Variation

Calendar-based Variation compares a fixed calendar period (e.g., this month versus the same month last year), while Rolling Growth Rate uses a continuous window (e.g., last 30 days versus the previous 30 days) to capture trends independent of calendar boundaries.

Variations & Growth

Month Variation (Calendar): 0%
Year Variation (Calendar): -100.0%

Month Growth Rate (30-day Rolling): 0.0%
Year Growth Rate (365-day Rolling): -100.0%

Monthly CVE Trends (current vs previous Year)

Annual CVE Trends (Last 20 Years)

Critical opnsense CVEs (CVSS ≥ 9) Over 20 Years

CVSS Stats

Average CVSS: 1.08

Max CVSS: 6.5

Critical CVEs (≥9): 0

CVSS Range vs. Count

Range Count
0.0-3.9 15
4.0-6.9 4
7.0-8.9 0
9.0-10.0 0

CVSS Distribution Chart

Top 5 Highest CVSS opnsense CVEs

These are the five CVEs with the highest CVSS scores for opnsense, sorted by severity first and recency.

All CVEs for opnsense

CVE-2023-27152 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 23 Oct 2023, 21:15 UTC

DECISO OPNsense 23.1 does not impose rate limits for authentication, allowing attackers to perform a brute-force attack to bypass authentication.

CVE-2023-44276 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 28 Sep 2023, 05:15 UTC

OPNsense before 23.7.5 allows XSS via the index.php sequence parameter to the Lobby Dashboard.

CVE-2023-44275 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 28 Sep 2023, 05:15 UTC

OPNsense before 23.7.5 allows XSS via the index.php column_count parameter to the Lobby Dashboard.

CVE-2023-39008 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A command injection vulnerability in the component /api/cron/settings/setJob/ of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands.

CVE-2023-39007 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

/ui/cron/item/open in the Cron component of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows XSS via openAction in app/controllers/OPNsense/Cron/ItemController.php.

CVE-2023-39006 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

The Crash Reporter (crash_reporter.php) component of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 mishandles input sanitization.

CVE-2023-39005 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

Insecure permissions exist for configd.socket in OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2.

CVE-2023-39004 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

Insecure permissions in the configuration directory (/conf/) of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allow attackers to access sensitive information (e.g., hashed root password) which could lead to privilege escalation.

CVE-2023-39003 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 was discovered to contain insecure permissions in the directory /tmp.

CVE-2023-39002 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the act parameter of system_certmanager.php in OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload.

CVE-2023-39001 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A command injection vulnerability in the component diag_backup.php of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted backup configuration file.

CVE-2023-39000 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the component /ui/diagnostics/log/core/ of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to inject arbitrary JavaScript via the URL path.

CVE-2023-38999 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in the System Halt API (/system/halt) of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via a crafted GET request.

CVE-2023-38998 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

An open redirect in the Login page of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to redirect a victim user to an arbitrary web site via a crafted URL.

CVE-2023-38997 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 0 09 Aug 2023, 19:15 UTC

A directory traversal vulnerability in the Captive Portal templates of OPNsense Community Edition before 23.7 and Business Edition before 23.4.2 allows attackers to execute arbitrary system commands as root via a crafted ZIP archive.

CVE-2021-42770 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 4.3 08 Nov 2021, 16:15 UTC

A Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in OPNsense before 21.7.4 via the LDAP attribute return in the authentication tester.

CVE-2020-23015 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 5.8 03 May 2021, 22:15 UTC

An open redirect issue was discovered in OPNsense through 20.1.5. The redirect parameter "url" in login page was not filtered and can redirect user to any website.

CVE-2018-18958 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 4.0 17 Jun 2019, 21:15 UTC

OPNsense 18.7.x before 18.7.7 has Incorrect Access Control.

CVE-2019-11816 opnsense vulnerability CVSS: 6.5 20 May 2019, 22:29 UTC

Incorrect access control in the WebUI in OPNsense before version 19.1.8, and pfsense before 2.4.4-p3 allows remote authenticated users to escalate privileges to administrator via a specially crafted request.