CVE-2026-33727
mediumpriority · track · 27EPSS 0.002 · 12 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Version 6.4 has a local privilege-escalation vulnerability allows code execution as root from the low-privilege pihole account. Important context: the pihole account uses nologin, so this is not a direct interactive-login issue. However, nologin does not prevent code from running as UID pihole if a Pi-hole component is compromised. In that realistic post-compromise scenario, attacker-controlled content in /etc/pihole/versions is sourced by root-run Pi-hole scripts, leading to root code execution. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.4.1.
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A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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affected products (2)
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references (4)
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- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-c935-8g63-qp74cnnvd
- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-c935-8g63-qp74enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-c935-8g63-qp74Vendor Advisorynvd
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