CVE-2026-64825
criticalpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.006 · 47 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-22
Home Assistant Core before 2026.6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files to any directory on the host filesystem by uploading a crafted backup archive during the initial onboarding window. Attackers can manipulate the 'name' field inside the uploaded archive's backup.json to supply an absolute path, causing pathlib.Path.__truediv__ to discard the configured backup directory prefix and write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations, with full filesystem access when the process runs as root.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.5–9.3
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affected products (2)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-5hxg-r395-fqxxHome Assistant Core vulnerable to Path Traversal via backup upload during onboarding2026-07-21ghsa · osvUS
Home Assistant Core before 2026.6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files to any directory on the host filesystem by uploading a crafted backup archive during the initial onboarding window. Attackers can manipulate the 'name' field inside the uploaded archive's backup.json to supply an absolute path, causing pathlib.Path.__truediv__ to discard the configured backup directory prefix and write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations, with full filesystem access when the process runs as root.
- PYSEC-2026-3669Home Assistant Core vulnerable to Path Traversal via backup upload during onboarding2026-08-19vendor · osvUS
Home Assistant Core before 2026.6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to write arbitrary files to any directory on the host filesystem by uploading a crafted backup archive during the initial onboarding window. Attackers can manipulate the 'name' field inside the uploaded archive's backup.json to supply an absolute path, causing pathlib.Path.__truediv__ to discard the configured backup directory prefix and write attacker-controlled content to arbitrary locations, with full filesystem access when the process runs as root.
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references (13)
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- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/567fe858289876b68b8162a77bd46e1e1af79752cnnvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/172368cnnvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.6.0cnnvd
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/home-assistant-core-path-traversal-file-write-via-backup-uploadcnnvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/567fe858289876b68b8162a77bd46e1e1af79752enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/172368enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.6.0enisa_euvd
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