Is PiHole Browser Extension safe?

Medium risk

PiHole Browser Extension sends the Pi-hole API password to its default Pi-hole HTTP admin endpoint.

The recorded claim says the extension defaults to http://pi.hole/admin and authenticates by posting the Pi-hole API password to http://pi.hole/api/auth. With that default configuration, the password and returned session token are sent over cleartext HTTP to the Pi-hole API.

Part of this rating comes from analysis signals we haven't published as detailed findings yet.

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40Risk
Who publishes it

badsgahhl - no other listings under this identity

What this publisher told the store about itself, and the other listings that told it the same thing.

AI-generated. Findings may contain errors. Those marked Verified have been manually reviewed.

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Where it sends data

Destinations our analysis observed PiHole Browser Extension contacting. Sending data somewhere is not a finding on its own - an extension that syncs your settings has to talk to its own server - but it is where your data can go, and who else it goes to.

  • pi.hole

    PiHole Browser Extension sends data to pi.hole. One other extension we have analysed sends data here.

Updated 30 September 2026ngoafjpapneaopfkpboebcahajopcifi