CVE-2024-34361 Pi-hole Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

What is CVE-2024-34361?

CVE-2024-34361 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in pi-hole, published on 5 Jul 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Pi-hole is a DNS sinkhole that protects devices from unwanted content without installing any client-side software. A vulnerability in versions prior to 5.18.3 allows an authenticated user to make internal requests to the server via the `gravity_DownloadBlocklistFromUrl()` function. Depending on some circumstances, the vulnerability could lead to remote command execution. Version 5.18.3 contains a patch for this issue.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-34361?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pi-Hole Pi-Hole.

How do I fix CVE-2024-34361?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-34361 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2024-34361 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-34361 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Other vulnerabilities in pi-hole

• CVE-2020-8816 Pi-Hole AdminLTE Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.1
• CVE-2025-34087 Pi-Hole AdminLTE Whitelist (now 'Web Allowlist') Remote Command Execution Critical 9.0
• CVE-2026-50130 Pi-hole: Local privilege escalation from `pihole` user to root via `/etc/pihole/logrotate` High 8.8
• CVE-2020-11108 File upload in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2019-13051 Pi-Hole 4.3 allows Command Injection. High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-jg6g-rrj6-xfg6.