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Pi-hole: Local privilege escalation from `pihole` user to root via `/etc/pihole/logrotate`
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N C H H H 8.8 .0025 16.9 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
pi-hole >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.3 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 3 Reserved by GitHub_M
Jul 14 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-50130 (pi-hole). Public exploit reference added.
Jul 14 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Description
Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. From 6.0 to 6.4.2, a user with code execution as the unprivileged pihole user can escalate to root by replacing /etc/pihole/logrotate. The replacement is laundered to root:root ownership by pihole-FTL-prestart.sh and then parsed as root by the daily pihole flush cron, executing firstaction shell as uid 0. This issue is fixed in version 6.4.3.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| June 3, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| July 14, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-50130 (pi-hole). Public exploit reference added. |
| July 14, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| pi-hole | pi-hole | — | >= 6.0.0, < 6.4.3 | — |
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