High severity · published Sep 21, 2026
CVE-2026-55159
luci-app-adblock-fast: Delegated `luci-app-adblock-fast` users can reach root command execution by injecting newline-separated cron entries
8.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
luci-app-adblock-fast a WebUI for fast, lightweight DNS-based ad-blocker for OpenWrt that works with dnsmasq, smartdns, or unbound. Prior to 1.2.4-2, the luci.adblock-fast.setCronEntry RPC method accepts an entry argument containing carriage-return or line-feed characters and serializes it into /etc/crontabs/root as though it were one logical line. An authenticated delegated user with the luci-app-adblock-fast write ACL can therefore create an additional physical root cron entry through applications/luci-app-adblock-fast/root/usr/share/rpcd/ucode/luci.adblock-fast, resulting in persistent command execution as UID 0 when cron runs. The issue is not demonstrated for unauthenticated callers or users without the component write ACL. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.4-2.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LU
luci-app-adblock-fast · openwrt
< 1.2.4-2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55159
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-55159
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/openwrt/luci/security/advisories/GHSA-ggpf-xrph-wg5v
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/openwrt/luci/pull/8705
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/9ccd99b5898457e5ef39dc21aea226d7fb6e5c7e
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/openwrt/luci/commit/f67461fd0255bf992b2b559c22ec288067f2f9da
