High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2020-12620
CVE-2020-12620
Description
Pi-hole 4.4 allows a user able to write to /etc/pihole/dns-servers.conf to escalate privileges through command injection (shell metacharacters after an IP address).
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Affected products
3- Pi-hole/Pi-holedescription
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- 0xpanic.github.io/2020/07/21/Pihole.htmlnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- pi-hole.netnvdVendor Advisory
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