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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-33765

Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application.

Published Mar 27, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · web interface

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33765. EPSS is 1.77%. Act only if a listed version of web interface is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High8.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.77%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe pi-hole/web interface

Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions prior to 6.0 have a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability in the savesettings.php file. The application takes the user-controlled $_POST['webtheme'] parameter and concatenates it directly into a system command executed via PHP's exec() function. Since the input is neither sanitized nor validated before being passed to the shell, an attacker can append arbitrary system commands to the intended pihole command. Furthermore, because the command is executed with sudo privileges, the injected commands will run with elevated (likely root) privileges. Version 6.0 patches the issue.

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  • cpe pi-hole/web interfaceversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-33765

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-33765. EPSS is 1.77%. Act only if a listed version of web interface is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 1.77%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Mar 27, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions prior to 6.0 have a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability in the savesettings.php file. The application takes the user-controlled $_POST['webtheme'] parameter and concatenates it directly into a system command executed via PHP's exec() function. Since the in

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions prior to 6.0 have a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability in the savesettings.php file. The application takes the user-controlled $_POST['webtheme'] parameter and concatenates it directly into a system command executed via PHP's exec() function. Since the in

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33765

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-33765

    30-day exploitation probability 1.8%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33765

    Pi-hole Admin Interface is a web interface for managing Pi-hole, a network-level ad and internet tracker blocking application. Versions prior to 6.0 have a critical OS Command Injection vulnerability in the savesettings.php file. The application takes the user-controlled $_POST['

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.