CVE-2021-29449 (GCVE-0-2021-29449)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-04-14 22:05 – Updated: 2026-04-06 14:56
VLAI
Title
Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole
Summary
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.
Severity
6.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
pi-hole pi-hole Affected: <= 5.2.4
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