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TI-2020-08981 Aliases CVE-2020-11108GHSA-xm4h-5598-382p

The Gravity updater in Pi-hole through 4.4 allows an authenticated adversary to upload…

Priority HIGH 78CWE-434Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.

Summary

The Gravity updater in Pi-hole through 4.4 allows an authenticated adversary to upload arbitrary files. This can be abused for Remote Code Execution by writing to a PHP file in the web directory. (Also, it can be used in conjunction with the sudo rule for the www-data user to escalate privileges to root.) The code error is in gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl in gravity.sh.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.78262 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 4 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 4.4VulnerablePi-hole
  • cpe:2.3:a:pi-hole:pi-hole:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 4.4 Vulnerable ·Pi-hole

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-11108
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xm4h-5598-382p

References

Exploit 4

Other 2

  • TI-2020-07073 Pi-hole Web v4.3.2 (aka AdminLTE) allows Remote Code Execution by privileged dashboard… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
  • TI-2026-36901 Pi-hole: Local privilege escalation from `pihole` user to root via `/etc/pihole/logrotate` CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-22701 Pi-hole Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2021-12374 (Authenticated) Remote Code Execution Possible in Web Interface 5.5 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-18806 Pihole Authenticated Arbitrary File Read with root privileges CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.6
  • TI-2025-24251 Pi-Hole AdminLTE Whitelist (now 'Web Allowlist') Remote Command Execution CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
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Sources

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