CVE-2026-35517

highpriority · track · 10EPSS 0.009 · 58 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

0.86% (58th) EPSS

CVSS 8.8 · high

Is it mine?

3 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the upstream DNS servers configuration parameter (dns.upstreams). This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary dnsmasq configuration directives through newline characters, ultimately achieving command execution on the underlying system. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.6.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

8.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.18.8highAV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.18.3highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-78USCWE-78USCWE-93USCWE-93US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

keraattin/CVE-2026-35517CVE-2026-35517 Pi-hole FTLDNS Remote Code Execution via Newline Injection (CVSS 8.8). Python & Nmap NSE detection scripts with full technical breakdown. A newline character in the dns.upstreams parameter gives authenticated attackers command execution on the host. Five related injection vectors all patched in FTL v6.6.PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (3)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

pi-hole FTL6.0, → 6.6enisa_euvdEU
Pi-hole, LLC FTLDNS (pihole-FTL)6.0 → 6.6fstec_bduRU
pi-hole ftldns6.0 → 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:ftldns:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2026-04-07modified 2026-10-26

references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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