CVE-2021-29449

high

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.

References

https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txt

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpj

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-04-14

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H