Vulnerability in Pi-hole FTL (CVE-2026-44693)
Summary
Vulnerability in Pi-hole FTL (CVE-2026-44693). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Pi-hole FTL is the core engine of the Pi-hole network-level advertisement and tracker blocker. Prior to version 6.6.1, Pi-hole FTL contains a race condition vulnerability in the HTTP session management subsystem, introduced with the v6.0 rewrite of the embedded CivetWeb-based web server. This issue has been patched in version 6.6.1.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-44693 has been found in Pi-hole FTL.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Pi-hole FTL CVE-2026-44693" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-44693 (Pi-hole FTL) — CWE-362 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-362) exists in Pi-hole FTL.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Pi-hole FTL.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Pi-hole FTL を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- web github.com