CVE-2020-8816
Pi-Hole AdminLTE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 10 June 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
Pi-hole Web v4.3.2 (aka AdminLTE) allows Remote Code Execution by privileged dashboard users via a crafted DHCP static lease.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 78.34% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 August 2020
- CISA KEV
- Listed 10 December 2021 · due 10 June 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- pi-hole/pi-hole
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 78.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8816
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157861/Pi-Hole-4.3.2-DHCP-MAC-OS-Command-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158737/Pi-hole-4.3.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/1165Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/releases/tag/v4.3.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://natedotred.wordpress.com/2020/03/28/cve-2020-8816-pi-hole-remote-code-execution/Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/Nate_Kappa/status/1243900213665902592?s=20Broken Link, Press/Media Coverage
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157861/Pi-Hole-4.3.2-DHCP-MAC-OS-Command-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/158737/Pi-hole-4.3.2-Remote-Code-Execution.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/commits/masterPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/pull/1165Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/pi-hole/AdminLTE/releases/tag/v4.3.3Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://natedotred.wordpress.com/2020/03/28/cve-2020-8816-pi-hole-remote-code-execution/Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://twitter.com/Nate_Kappa/status/1243900213665902592?s=20Broken Link, Press/Media Coverage
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-8816US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.