CVE-2021-47942

Home Assistant Community Store 1.10.0 Path Traversal Account Takeover

Published May 16, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) prior to 1.10.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files by traversing directories via the /hacsfiles/ endpoint. Attackers can retrieve the .storage/auth file containing user credentials and refresh tokens, then craft valid JWT tokens to gain administrative access to Home Assistant instances.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Hacs
Hacs home Assistant Community Store
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:hacs:home_assistant_community_store:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Hacs
Hacs home Assistant Community Store
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) 1.10.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files by traversing directories via the /hacsfiles/ endpoint. Attackers can retrieve the .storage/auth file containing user credentials and refresh tokens, then craft valid JWT tokens to gain administrative access to Home Assistant instances. Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) prior to 1.10.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files by traversing directories via the /hacsfiles/ endpoint. Attackers can retrieve the .storage/auth file containing user credentials and refresh tokens, then craft valid JWT tokens to gain administrative access to Home Assistant instances.
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Home-assistant
Home-assistant home Assistant Community Store
Vendors & Products Home-assistant
Home-assistant home Assistant Community Store
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) 1.10.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read sensitive files by traversing directories via the /hacsfiles/ endpoint. Attackers can retrieve the .storage/auth file containing user credentials and refresh tokens, then craft valid JWT tokens to gain administrative access to Home Assistant instances.
Title Home Assistant Community Store 1.10.0 Path Traversal Account Takeover
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Aug 14, 2026, 4:49 PM
Reserved
Feb 1, 2026, 11:24 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 16, 2026, 4:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:18 AM