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CVE-2026-50130HIGH
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)
CWE-282 · CNA: GitHub_M · CVSS v3.1 · 3 references · NVD status: Analyzed

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
DateEventDetail
June 3, 2026ReservedReserved by GitHub_M
July 14, 2026EXPLOIT PUBLISHEDEXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-50130 (pi-hole). Public exploit reference added.
July 14, 2026PublishedPublished (CNA: GitHub_M)

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
pi-holepi-hole>= 6.0.0, < 6.4.3

Weaknesses

CWE-282

References (3)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2026-50130 at cve.org

Vendors: pi-hole

Weaknesses: CWE-282

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