CVE-2026-119336

Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. From 6.4.2 until 6.5, the root-run advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh cron job applies truncate -s 0 and chmod 644 to /etc/pihole/versions while following symbolic links in a directory owned by the pihole user. An attacker executing as pihole can replace that path with a symlink so the scheduled root operations truncate or create an arbitrary root-owned file, or race the operations so chmod makes a sensitive target world-readable without truncating it. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.
Configurations

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History

30 Oct 2026, 20:17

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Information

Published : 2026-10-30 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-30 23:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-119336

Mitre link : CVE-2026-119336

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-119336


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CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-61

UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following