VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2026-33727

CVSS score6.4 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2026-04-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

Primary references