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CVE-2021-29449

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-29449 describes multiple privilege escalation vulnerabilities in Pi-hole core version 5.2.4, a Linux network-level advertisement and tracker blocking application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local, low-privileged attacker to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. While not listed on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for exploitation, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

6.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.0
Impact Score
3.7
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Pi-Hole Remove Commands Linux Priv Esc · Apr 20, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
compass-security.com / fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txt
ExploitThird Party Advisory
github.com / pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpj
ExploitThird Party Advisory