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 CNAME records configuration parameter (dns.cnameRecords). 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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Tue, 07 Apr 2026 18:00:00 +0000
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| 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 CNAME records configuration parameter (dns.cnameRecords). 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. | |
| Title | Pi-hole FTL affected by Remote Code Execution (RCE) via dns.cnameRecords Newline Injection | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 CWE-93 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-07T15:17:39.977Z
Reserved: 2026-04-03T02:15:39.280Z
Link: CVE-2026-35518
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-07T16:16:28.243
Modified: 2026-04-07T16:16:28.243
Link: CVE-2026-35518
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