CVE-2026-4748

CVE-2026-4748: pf silently ignores certain rules

Vendor Freebsd
Product FreeBSD
Weakness CWE-480
Published April 1, 2026
Last update April 1, 2026

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What the vulnerability does

01Description

A regression in the way hashes were calculated caused rules containing the address range syntax (x.x.x.x - y.y.y.y) that only differ in the address range(s) involved to be silently dropped as duplicates. Only the first of such rules is actually loaded into pf. Ranges expressed using the address[/mask-bits] syntax were not affected. Some keywords representing actions taken on a packet-matching rule, such as 'log', 'return tll', or 'dnpipe', may suffer from the same issue. It is unlikely that users have such configurations, as these rules would always be redundant. Affected rules are silently ignored, which can lead to unexpected behaviour including over- and underblocking.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 1, 2026 CVE published
April 1, 2026 Record updated