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pfSense: which version is safe to update to?

Firewall and router software, available as pfSense Plus and pfSense CE. Every release below is checked against official notes, NVD CVE data and public community reports.

Latest stable release

CE 2.9.0

Problems reported 58 days ago

Safest recent version

Plus 26.03.1

No problems reported out 143 days, 0 problem reports

All recent releases

CE 2.9.0 4 CVEs 2026-08-20 · 58 days ago · 5 broke / 0 fine Problems reported Plus 26.07 5 CVEs 2026-08-13 · 65 days ago · 5 broke / 1 fine Problems reported Plus 26.03.1 2026-05-27 · 143 days ago · 0 broke / 0 fine No problems reported Plus 26.03 2026-04-01 · 199 days ago · 1 broke / 0 fine No widespread problems Plus 25.11.1 2026-01-26 · 264 days ago · 2 broke / 0 fine No widespread problems Plus 25.11 2025-12-11 · 310 days ago · 1 broke / 1 fine No widespread problems CE 2.8.1 1 CVE 2025-09-04 · 408 days ago · 0 broke / 0 fine Not checked yet Plus 25.07.1 2025-08-18 · 425 days ago · 0 broke / 0 fine Not checked yet Plus 25.07 2025-08-04 · 439 days ago · 0 broke / 0 fine Not checked yet

Recent CVEs (last 120 days)

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