CVE-2021-29449
Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 14, 2021 at 10:05 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:47 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPi Hole
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
Pi-hole is a Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application. Multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities were discovered in version 5.2.4 of Pi-hole core. See the referenced GitHub security advisory for details.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpjExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txtCVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-269CWE-78
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