CVE-2026-64825

Home Assistant Core < 2026.6.0 Path Traversal File Write via Backup Upload

Published Jul 21, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 9 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-5hxg-r395-fqxx Home Assistant Core vulnerable to Path Traversal via backup upload during onboarding
History
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CPEs cpe:2.3:a:home-assistant:home-assistant:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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First Time appeared Home-assistant
Home-assistant home-assistant
Vendors & Products Home-assistant
Home-assistant home-assistant
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description 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.
Title Home Assistant Core < 2026.6.0 Path Traversal File Write via Backup Upload
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Nov 8, 2026, 2:08 PM
Reserved
Jul 20, 2026, 6:27 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 21, 2026, 4:17 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 7:10 PM