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Christian McDonald

Issues

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Assigned issues 52 199 251
Reported issues 5 66 71

Projects

Project Roles Registered on
pfSense Manager, Developer, Reporter 07/08/2021
Bootstrap Developer, Reporter 07/08/2021
pfSense Docs Manager, Developer, Reporter 07/08/2021
pfSense Packages Manager, Developer, Reporter 07/08/2021
pfSense Plus Manager, Developer, Reporter 07/08/2021

Activity

03/02/2026

04:50 PM pfSense Regression #16728 (Feedback): Changing the password from the default in the GUI from the default requires a logout and login to continue
Applied in changeset commit:aee3be62002db0481b9f60add522b3d00d58472e Christian McDonald

02/28/2026

10:10 PM pfSense Regression #16728: Changing the password from the default in the GUI from the default requires a logout and login to continue
It is likely some fallout from #16720. I'll get it fixed. Christian McDonald

02/26/2026

10:06 PM pfSense Bug #16720: GUI performance degradation due to check for weak passwords on each page load
yep, that block of code is Plus-specific, and we have that place patched too :) Christian McDonald
07:10 PM pfSense Bug #16720: GUI performance degradation due to check for weak passwords on each page load
Applied in changeset commit:661c57ce79c7009ea5230d5a8436a2ee4422fe76. Christian McDonald
06:59 PM pfSense Bug #16720 (Feedback): GUI performance degradation due to check for weak passwords on each page load
Christian McDonald

02/25/2026

08:51 PM pfSense Bug #16720 (Waiting on Merge): GUI performance degradation due to check for weak passwords on each page load
Christian McDonald

02/24/2026

07:44 PM pfSense Bug #16720 (Resolved): GUI performance degradation due to check for weak passwords on each page load
Several expensive password hashing operations are performed on every page load, resulting in a noticeable degradation... Christian McDonald

02/20/2026

09:30 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16715 (Closed): Multiple redis and sqlite vulnerabilities reported in version used for 25.11.1
I read through these vulnerabilities and I'm not seeing any obvious threat to pfSense in a typical configuration. Red... Christian McDonald
08:50 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16715 (In Progress): Multiple redis and sqlite vulnerabilities reported in version used for 25.11.1
The upcoming release of pfSense Plus (26.03) includes updated versions of both redis and sqlite3.
We will need to ... Christian McDonald
06:01 PM pfSense Plus Bug #16678: Automatic Boot verification performs rollback to previous Boot Environment when system is rebooted without internet connectivity
Victor Coss wrote in #note-10:
> Mine was a <shellcmd> not an <earlyshellcmd>. I also have Wireguard which I did not ... Christian McDonald

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