01 Record
CVE-2021-29449
Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score6.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
02 Description
Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 78.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2021-04-14 22:05Z5 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-04-06 14:56Z6 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-03-30
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 05bd0df130b84bc0d43b9425b1f9e3df6e543c41085275c2b1f012e762a7beda
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-3597-244c-wrpj
- www.compass-security.comhttps://www.compass-security.com/fileadmin/Research/Advisories/2021-02_CSNC-2021-008_Pi-hole_Privilege_Escalation.txt
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163715/Pi-Hole-Remove-Commands-Linux-Privilege-Escalation.html