Pi-Hole

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Network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole. Pi-Hole can significantly speed up your internet, remove ads and block malware. It comes with a nice web interface and a mobile app with monitoring features, it's open source, easy to install and very widely used.

Homepage:pi-hole.net
GitHub:github.com/pi-hole/pi-hole
Privacy:discourse.pi-hole.net/privacy
Web info:web-check.xyz/check/pi-hole.net

Open Source

Pi-Hole Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy Summary

Information is provided about what kind of information they collect
There is a date of the last update of the agreements
The court of law governing the terms is in California, U.S.A.
The posting of pornographic content is prohibited
Your IP address is collected, which can be used to view your approximate location
You must provide your identifiable information
Your personal data is not sold
Defend, indemnify, hold harmless; survives termination

Score

Documents

Privacy
Created 11 Jul 23, Last modified 2 months ago
Discourse Terms of Service
Created 11 Jul 23, Last modified 2 months ago
Trademark Rules And Brand Guidelines
Created 18 Jun 26, Last modified 2 months ago
Discourse Privacy Policy
Created 11 Jul 23, Last modified 2 months ago

About the Data

This data is kindly provided by tosdr.org. Read full report at: #9079

Pi-Hole Source Code

Author

pi-hole

Description

A black hole for Internet advertisements

#ad-blocker#blocker#cloud#dashboard#dhcp#dhcp-server#dns-server#dnsmasq#pi-hole#raspberry-pi#shell

Homepage

https://pi-hole.net

Repository

LicenseOther
Created08 Jun 14
Primary languageShell
Size9,207 KB
Stars60,736
Forks3,302
Watchers60,736

Language Usage

Project Health

Last commit8 days ago
Open issues41
Latest releasev6.4.3

Top Contributors

Recent Commits

Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
v6.4.3 (#6618)
Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
avoid copytruncate in logrotate (#6642)
darkexplosiveqwx(06 Jul 26)
notify if logrotate file is out of date Signed-off-by: darkexplosiveqwx <[email protected]>
darkexplosiveqwx(24 May 26)
avoid copytruncate in logrotate Signed-off-by: darkexplosiveqwx <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
Merge commit from fork Move logrotate file to /etc/logrotate.d/pihole
Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
Merge commit from fork Fix gravity suffix handling
Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
Update gravity.sh Co-authored-by: RD WebDesign <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Adam Warner <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(06 Jul 26)
Update gravity.sh Co-authored-by: RD WebDesign <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Adam Warner <[email protected]>
yubiuser(05 Jul 26)
Bump trufflesecurity/trufflehog from 3.95.6 to 3.95.8 in the github-actions-dependencies group across 1 directory (#6660)
dependabot[bot](05 Jul 26)
Bump trufflesecurity/trufflehog Bumps the github-actions-dependencies group with 1 update in the / directory: [trufflesecurity/trufflehog](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog). Updates `trufflesecurity/trufflehog` from 3.95.6 to 3.95.8 - [Release notes](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/compare/30d5bb91af1a771378349dbbb0c82129392acf70...00155c9dc586f34d189adc83d3ac2698c2ec551f) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: trufflesecurity/trufflehog dependency-version: 3.95.8 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions-dependencies ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(05 Jul 26)
Fix BATS gravity test on curl version >=8.21 (#6661)
Christian König(04 Jul 26)
Compare version strings semantically Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Christian König(04 Jul 26)
Fix BATS gravity test on curl version >=8.21 Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(25 Jun 26)
installer: fix custom DNS entry when only one upstream server is provided (#6638)
Austin Gilmour(21 Jun 26)
fix(dns): support N upstream DNS servers in custom DNS setup Replace PIHOLE_DNS_1/PIHOLE_DNS_2 numbered variables with a bash array PIHOLE_DNS=() throughout basic-install.sh. This naturally supports one or more upstream DNS entries without duplicating a single entry into both slots when no comma is present in the input. - User input is split on commas into the array; empty entries skipped - Invalid entries are filtered out; valid ones retained - Confirmation dialog joins array elements so it reflects exactly what was entered - Preset DNS selection populates the array from the semicolon-delimited preset string, adding a second element only when one is present Closes #4783. Signed-off-by: Austin Gilmour <[email protected]>
yubiuser(20 Jun 26)
Bump the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates (#6655)
dependabot[bot](20 Jun 26)
Bump the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates Bumps the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates: [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) and [trufflesecurity/trufflehog](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog). Updates `actions/checkout` from 6.0.3 to 7.0.0 - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10...9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0) Updates `trufflesecurity/trufflehog` from 3.95.5 to 3.95.6 - [Release notes](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/compare/d411fff7b8879a62509f3fa98c07f247ac089a51...30d5bb91af1a771378349dbbb0c82129392acf70) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: 7.0.0 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-major dependency-group: github-actions-dependencies - dependency-name: trufflesecurity/trufflehog dependency-version: 3.95.6 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions-dependencies ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(14 Jun 26)
Include alpine 3.24 in tests (#6654)
Christian König(10 Jun 26)
Include alpine 3.24 in tests Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Adam Warner(08 Jun 26)
fix: check return codes in gravity_build_tree and database_recovery() (#6630)
yubiuser(06 Jun 26)
Bump the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates (#6651)
dependabot[bot](06 Jun 26)
Bump the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates Bumps the github-actions-dependencies group with 2 updates: [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) and [trufflesecurity/trufflehog](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog). Updates `actions/checkout` from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 - [Release notes](https://github.com/actions/checkout/releases) - [Changelog](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md) - [Commits](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd...df4cb1c069e1874edd31b4311f1884172cec0e10) Updates `trufflesecurity/trufflehog` from 3.95.3 to 3.95.5 - [Release notes](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/releases) - [Commits](https://github.com/trufflesecurity/trufflehog/compare/37b77001d0174ebec2fcca2bd83ff83a6d45a3ab...d411fff7b8879a62509f3fa98c07f247ac089a51) --- updated-dependencies: - dependency-name: actions/checkout dependency-version: 6.0.3 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions-dependencies - dependency-name: trufflesecurity/trufflehog dependency-version: 3.95.5 dependency-type: direct:production update-type: version-update:semver-patch dependency-group: github-actions-dependencies ... Signed-off-by: dependabot[bot] <[email protected]>
yubiuser(01 Jun 26)
Set BATS pretty output flag depending on the terminal and improve failure output (#6644)
yubiuser(01 Jun 26)
Bump eps1lon/actions-label-merge-conflict from 3.0.3 to 3.1.0 in the github-actions-dependencies group (#6645)
Christian König(01 Jun 26)
Use bats_helper also in newly added gravity tests Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Christian König(29 May 26)
Fix shellcheck wrning Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Christian König(29 May 26)
Move on_failure_hook to helper file Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Christian König(28 May 26)
Use on_failure hook to improve failure output Signed-off-by: Christian König <[email protected]>
Christian König(28 May 26)
Set BATS pretty output flag depending on the terminal Signed-off-by: yubiuser <[email protected]>
yubiuser(30 May 26)
Add gravity tests (#6639)

Pi-Hole Security

6.3/10

Repo Security Summary

Updated 24 Aug 26

Maintained10/10
PackagingN/A
Dangerous-Workflow10/10
Code-Review10/10
Binary-Artifacts10/10
Token-Permissions0/10
CII-Best-Practices0/10
Fuzzing0/10
License9/10
Signed-ReleasesN/A
Branch-ProtectionN/A
Security-Policy10/10
SAST0/10
Pinned-Dependencies2/10

Security Advisories (6)

highPatchedCVSS 8.8
CVE-2026-50130Local privilege escalation from `pihole` user to root via `/etc/pihole/logrotate`
06 Jul 26
highPatchedCVSS 8.8
CVE-2026-41489Local privilege escalation via config-controlled path in root-executed service hooks
24 Apr 26
mediumPatchedCVSS 6.4
CVE-2026-33727Local Privilege Escalation (post-compromise, pihole -> root).
03 Apr 26
highPatchedCVSS 8.5
CVE-2024-34361Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) can lead to Remote Code Execution (RCE)
05 Jul 24
highPatchedCVSS 7.6
CVE-2024-28247Authenticated Arbitrary File Read with root privileges
27 Mar 24
mediumPatched
CVE-2021-29449Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities Pihole
14 Apr 21

Pi-Hole Website

Website

Pi-hole – Network-wide Ad Blocking

Redirects

Does not redirect

Security Checks

All 65 security checks passed

Server Details

IP Address162.244.93.14
Hostnamelv-shared04.dapanel.net
LocationLas Vegas,Nevada,United States of America,NA
ISPWebhosting Holdings LLC
ASNAS965

Associated Countries

Safety Score

Website marked as safe

100%

Blacklist Check

pi-hole.net was found on 0 blacklists

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Pi-Hole Docker

Container Info

pihole

A Linux network-level advertisement and Internet tracker blocking application which acts as a DNS sinkhole.

#Other#Tools

View on DockerHub

pihole/pihole:latest

Run Command

docker run -d \
  -p 53:53/tcp \
  -p 53:53/udp \
  -p 67:67/udp \
  -p 1010:80/tcp \
  -p 4443:443/tcp \
  -v /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole:/etc/pihole \
  -v /portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole/DNS:/etc/dnsmasq.d \
  --restart=unless-stopped \
  pihole/pihole:latest

Compose File

version: 3.8
services:
  pi-hole:
    image: "pihole/pihole:latest"
    ports:
      - "53:53/tcp"
      - "53:53/udp"
      - "67:67/udp"
      - "1010:80/tcp"
      - "4443:443/tcp"
    volumes:
      - "/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole:/etc/pihole"
      - "/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole/DNS:/etc/dnsmasq.d"
    restart: unless-stopped

Port List

53:53/tcp
53:53/udp
67:67/udp
1010:80/tcp
4443:443/tcp

Volume Mounting

Container PathHost Bind
/etc/pihole/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole
/etc/dnsmasq.d/portainer/Files/AppData/Config/PiHole/DNS

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