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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/18002bf7c6bf382fe5861d01321f427019e1be89 | Patch |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.4.3 | Product Release Notes |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-h8w9-qx2v-wrww | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-h8w9-qx2v-wrww | Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2026-07-14 22:17
Updated : 2026-07-30 14:31
NVD link : CVE-2026-50130
Mitre link : CVE-2026-50130
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50130
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Products Affected
pi-hole
- pi-hole
CWE
CWE-282
Improper Ownership Management
