CVE-2026-119336

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.8 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2% (16th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from a secondary CVSS source
Sources: a secondary CVSS source
Trending — 4 sources updated this week

Also known asEUVD-2026-114440 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD

7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHlow confidence
EG Risk
35
EG Risk 35/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity78% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation0% × 40%
No KEV listing, EG-KEV tier or EPSS when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: no (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
16th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (7.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 7.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
7.8 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.a secondary CVSS source · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

October 30, 2026

Last Modified

October 30, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Oct 30, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_pr, github_release, github.
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)🟡 PoC Available

arbitrary root file clobber / chmod / disclosure via updatecheck.sh cron following /etc/pihole/versions symlink · Advisory · pi-hole/pi-hole · GitHub

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/security/advisories/GHSA-xch2-4qxw-g5vj
GitHub release Patch Available

v6.5

Patch available: pi-hole/pi-hole v6.5

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/releases/tag/v6.5
GitHub pull request Patch Available

Core v6.5

Patch available: pi-hole/pi-hole v6.5 (PR #6719 merged 2026-10-17)

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/pull/6719
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit e05dc3f13920 (pi-hole/pi-hole)

Patch available: pi-hole/pi-hole v6.5 (contains commit e05dc3f13920)

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/e05dc3f139206fd8d0e4a052dceefb9056533517
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit c1062f43b0de (pi-hole/pi-hole)

Patch available: pi-hole/pi-hole v6.5 (contains commit c1062f43b0de)

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/c1062f43b0de1876321bafac58fba862406366cb
GitHub commit Patch Available

commit 85de82dd2b63 (pi-hole/pi-hole)

Patch available: pi-hole/pi-hole v6.5 (contains commit 85de82dd2b63)

https://github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole/commit/85de82dd2b63bf71ecb936177dfb82421d9d2f25

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 7× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-31 16:32 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 0.2% · 16th percentile
  2. 2026-10-30 23:26 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-30 22:19 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-30 22:02 UTCENISA EUVD ID recordedEUVD-2026-114440 · Source: ENISA EUVD
  5. 2026-10-30 20:26 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-30 20:14 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 7.8 HIGH
  7. 2026-10-30 20:13 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-119336?
CVE-2026-119336 is a high-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on October 30, 2026. 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…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2026-119336 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2026-119336 was published on October 30, 2026. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 30, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2026-119336 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-119336 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (16th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-119336?
CVE-2026-119336 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-119336?
A fix for CVE-2026-119336 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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