HighCVE-2026-119336

AdminLTE: Link Following (CVE-2026-119336)

Published 30.10.2026Last modified 30.10.2026Sources: CVE.org

What is affected, what to do

The available sources name no fixed version. Check the vendor guidance in the references below.

Affected: AdminLTE gte 6.4.2, < 6.5..*

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Metrics

7.8

Priority

XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v3

7.8

CVSS v3

Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

Source: CVE.org

0.3 %

EPSS score

Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 16.1

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Severity: High
Priority (0–325) The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first? Read in glossary: 71.08 Methodology
Exploit maturity An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack. Read in glossary: no public PoC known
XIEM Effective CVSS XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command. Read in glossary: 7.8 Methodology
CVSS v3 CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions. Read in glossary: 7.8
EPSS score The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“. Read in glossary: 0.3 %; Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
EPSS percentile The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking. Read in glossary: 16.1; Elevated — this CVE ranks above at least 10% of all CVEs scored today.
KEV status The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching. Read in glossary: —
Published: 30.10.2026
CISA assessment (SSVC): Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: total; Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 30 October 2026
CWE CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect. Read in glossary: CWE-59, CWE-61

Detection rules

No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

Classification under NIS2 and CRA

Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

NIS2 NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management. Read in glossary: High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
CRA The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates. Read in glossary: From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
ISO/IEC 27001 ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security. Read in glossary: Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

Description

Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. From 6.4.2 until 6.5, the root-run advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh cron job applies truncate -s 0 and chmod 644 to /etc/pihole/versions while following symbolic links in a directory owned by the pihole user. An attacker executing as pihole can replace that path with a symlink so the scheduled root operations truncate or create an arbitrary root-owned file, or race the operations so chmod makes a sensitive target world-readable without truncating it. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.

Source: NVD (NIST), cvelistv5

Affected products

The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

Affected products
		Affected versions	Fixed in
pi-hole	pi-hole	`≥ 6.4.2, < 6.5`	—

Vendors and products

Pi-hole AdminLTE

Weakness classes (CWE)

CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Base
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.
Entry at MITRE CWE-59
CWE-61UNIX Symbolic Link (Symlink) Following
Compound
The product, when opening a file or directory, does not sufficiently account for when the file is a symbolic link that resolves to a target outside of the intended control sphere. This could allow an attacker to cause the product to operate on unauthorized files.
Entry at MITRE CWE-61

References & sources

github.compi-hole/pi-hole/commit/85de82dd2b63bf71ecb936177dfb82421d9d2f25x_refsource_MISC
github.compi-hole/pi-hole/commit/c1062f43b0de1876321bafac58fba862406366cbx_refsource_MISC
github.compi-hole/pi-hole/commit/e05dc3f139206fd8d0e4a052dceefb9056533517x_refsource_MISC
github.compi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6719x_refsource_MISC
github.compi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.5x_refsource_MISC
github.compi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-xch2-4qxw-g5vjx_refsource_CONFIRM

Changes to this CVE

Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

30.10.2026Record modifiedCISA ADP

CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: no

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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
Type	Action	Before	After
SSVC assessment	added	—	{"id":"CVE-2026-119336","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-30T21:21:13.368597Z"}

Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

30.10.2026ReceivedGitHub

CVSS V3.1: AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type: CWE-59, CWE-61

Description added or changed

New references:

and 2 more references

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Individual changes of this event as published by NVD
Type	Action	Before	After
Description	added	—	Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. From 6.4.2 until 6.5, the root-run advanced/Scripts/updatecheck.sh cron job applies truncate -s 0 and chmod 644 to /etc/pihole/versions while following symbolic links in a directory owned by the pihole user. An attacker executing as pihole can replace that path with a symlink so the scheduled root operations truncate or create an arbitrary root-owned file, or race the operations so chmod makes a sensitive target world-readable without truncating it. This issue is fixed in version 6.5.
CVSS	added	—	AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)	added	—	CWE-59
Weakness type (CWE)	added	—	CWE-61
Affected versions (publisher)	added	—	New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/119xxx/CVE-2026-119336.json">CVE-2026-119336</a>
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/85de82dd2b63bf71ecb936177dfb82421d9d2f25
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/c1062f43b0de1876321bafac58fba862406366cb
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/e05dc3f139206fd8d0e4a052dceefb9056533517
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6719
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.5
Reference	added	—	https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-xch2-4qxw-g5vj

Source identifier: security-advisories@github.com

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