PT-2026-30866 · Pi-Hole · Pihole-Ftl+1

T0X1Cx · Published 2026-04-07 · Updated 2026-04-07 · CVE-2026-35518

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.8

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) versions 6.0 through 6.5

Description The Pi-hole FTL engine contains a Remote Code Execution (RCE) issue in the DNS CNAME records configuration parameter (dns.cnameRecords). An authenticated attacker can inject arbitrary dnsmasq configuration directives through newline characters, leading to command execution on the system.

Recommendations Update to version 6.6 or later.

Fix

RCE

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-93

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-35518

Affected Products

Ftldns

Pihole-Ftl

References · 4

• https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/security/advisories/GHSA-28g5-gg88-wh5m · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35518 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/2041599088177639457 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/2041603211174305878 · Twitter Post