---
title: "CVE-2026-119336: Pi-hole - Race Condition"
description: "Pi-hole 6.4.2 to < 6.5 contains a race condition and symlink vulnerability in the root-run updatecheck.sh cron job, letting attackers with pihole user privileges modify root-owned files or change permissions, exploit requires attacker to have pihole user access."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-119336/
---

# CVE-2026-119336 Pi-hole - Race Condition

Pi-hole 6.4.2 to < 6.5 contains a race condition and symlink vulnerability in the root-run updatecheck.sh cron job, letting attackers with pihole user privileges modify root-owned files or change permissions, exploit requires attacker to have pihole user access.

CVSS base score 7.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.25% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119336)

## Details

Type

Race Condition

Impact

Privilege Escalation, Information Disclosure

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

30 October 2026

Updated

1 November 2026

Weakness

[CWE-59](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to version 6.5 or later.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119336](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119336)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6719](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6719)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.5](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.5)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-xch2-4qxw-g5vj](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-xch2-4qxw-g5vj)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/85de82dd2b63bf71ecb936177dfb82421d9d2f25](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/85de82dd2b63bf71ecb936177dfb82421d9d2f25)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/c1062f43b0de1876321bafac58fba862406366cb](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/c1062f43b0de1876321bafac58fba862406366cb)
- [https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/e05dc3f139206fd8d0e4a052dceefb9056533517](https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/e05dc3f139206fd8d0e4a052dceefb9056533517)

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