CVE-2021-29449 MEDIUM

CVE-2021-29449: Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole

Vendor Pi-Hole
Product pi-hole
Weakness CWE-269
Published April 14, 2021
Last update April 6, 2026
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CVSS base score

6.3/10
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 14, 2021 CVE published
April 6, 2026 Record updated