{"id":"CVE-2026-44888","aliases":["EUVD-2026-32634","GHSA-xg85-f8qw-7c5f"],"status":"published","title":"Unauthenticated RCE via Python Config File Injection in SaveConfigFile() (Interger)","description":"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\npialert.conf without validation. Since pialert.conf is loaded via Python's exec() every 3–5 minutes by the\nbackground cron process, an attacker can inject arbitrary Python code and achieve unauthenticated OS-level RCE. On\ndefault installations (PIALERT_WEB_PROTECTION = False), no credentials are required. 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