High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 7, 2026· Updated Apr 28, 2026
CVE-2026-35519
CVE-2026-35519
Description
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, the Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in the DNS host record configuration parameter (dns.hostRecord). This vulnerability allows an authenticated attacker to inject arbitrary dnsmasq configuration directives through newline characters, ultimately achieving command execution on the underlying system. This vulnerability is fixed in 6.6.
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References
1- github.com/pi-hole/FTL/security/advisories/GHSA-wxhv-w77q-6qwpnvdVendor Advisory
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