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CVE-2026-44888

Pi.Alert is a WIFI / LAN intruder detector with web service monitoring. Prior to 2026-05-07, Pi.Alert's SaveConfigFile() endpoint writes user-supplied numeric config values (e.g., SMTP_PORT) directly into pialert.conf without validation. Since pialert.conf is loaded via Python's exec() every 3–5 minutes by the background cron process, an attacker can inject arbitrary Python code and achieve unauthenticated OS-level RCE. On default installations (PIALERT_WEB_PROTECTION = False), no credentials ar
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:ff1e35bdc68fef7aa94566d1cb9e67e010603c7988483b15cdde7844070b9034
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"product":"Pi.Alert","vendor":"leiweibau","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 2026-05-07"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:17100aa3c05290d766589482a9b30681704eae18345b5174ab284bc96aa2cb43 · sha256:727b91247d65db1c… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:17100aa3c05290d766589482a9b30681704eae18345b5174ab284bc96aa2cb43 · sha256:727b91247d65db1c… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-94","description":"CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:17100aa3c05290d766589482a9b30681704eae18345b5174ab284bc96aa2cb43 · sha256:727b91247d65db1c… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/security/advisories/GHSA-xg85-f8qw-7c5f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:17100aa3c05290d766589482a9b30681704eae18345b5174ab284bc96aa2cb43 · sha256:727b91247d65db1c… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/security/advisories/GHSA-xg85-f8qw-7c5f","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/leiweibau/Pi.Alert/security/advisories/GHSA-xg85-f8qw-7c5f"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:17100aa3c05290d766589482a9b30681704eae18345b5174ab284bc96aa2cb43 · sha256:727b91247d65db1c… · /containers/cna/references/0

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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