# CVE-2026-55159: luci-app-adblock-fast: Delegated \`luci-app-adblock-fast\` users can reach root command execution by injecting newline-separated cron entries

- Also known as: GHSA-GGPF-XRPH-WG5V
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.2.4-2
- Published: 2026-09-21 · Updated: 2026-09-29

## Affected

- openwrt luci-app-adblock-fast: fixed in 1.2.4-2

## Description

luci-app-adblock-fast a WebUI for fast, lightweight DNS-based ad-blocker for OpenWrt that works with dnsmasq, smartdns, or unbound. Prior to 1.2.4-2, the luci.adblock-fast.setCronEntry RPC method accepts an entry argument containing carriage-return or line-feed characters and serializes it into /etc/crontabs/root as though it were one logical line. An authenticated delegated user with the luci-app-adblock-fast write ACL can therefore create an additional physical root cron entry through applications/luci-app-adblock-fast/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci.adblock-fast, resulting in persistent command execution as UID 0 when cron runs. The issue is not demonstrated for unauthenticated callers or users without the component write ACL. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.4-2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openwrt luci-app-adblock-fast, upgrade to a fixed version (1.2.4-2) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-ggpf-xrph-wg5v
- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/pull/8705
- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/9ccd99b5898457e5ef39dc21aea226d7fb6e5c7e
- https://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/f67461fd0255bf992b2b559c22ec288067f2f9da

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