CVE-2026-35491
MEDIUMPi-hole FTL: CLI API sessions can import Teleporter archives and modify configuration
Title source: cnaDescription
FTLDNS (pihole-FTL) provides an interactive API and also generates statistics for Pi-hole's Web interface. From 6.0 to before 6.6, Pi-hole FTL supports a CLI password feature (webserver.api.cli_pw) that creates “CLI” API sessions intended to be read-only for configuration changes. While /api/config correctly blocks CLI sessions from mutating configuration, /api/teleporter allowed Teleporter imports for CLI sessions, enabling a CLI-scoped session to overwrite configuration via a Teleporter archive (authorization bypass). This vulnerability is fixed in 6.6.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
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https://github.com/pi-hole/FTL/security/advisories/GHSA-r7g8-3fj7-m5qq
Scores
CVSS v3
6.1
EPSS
0.0016
EPSS Percentile
5.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-863
Status
published
Products (2)
pi-hole/FTL
>= 6.0, < 6.6
pi-hole/ftldns
6.0 - 6.6
Published
Apr 07, 2026
Tracked Since
Apr 07, 2026