CVE-2021-29449

Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole

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Published Apr 14, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 6.3 Medium EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

pi-hole

pi-hole

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 5.2.4`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.8% (1.848% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpj
https://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txt

History

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Subscriptions

Pi-hole Pi-hole

Weaknesses

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 6, 2026, 2:56 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: Apr 14, 2021, 10:05 PM
Updated: Apr 6, 2026, 2:56 PM
Reserved: Mar 30, 2021, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 14, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 3:47 AM

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