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CVE-2026-64824

Home Assistant Core before 2026.7.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the backup-restore function that allows attackers to write files to arbitrary absolute filesystem paths by supplying a crafted tar archive with a SYMTYPE entry containing a benign member name paired with an absolute linkname pointing outside the extraction directory. Because the official Docker image runs the Home Assistant process as root and the subsequent regular-file entry is written through the unvalidated symlin
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:28d71f6d105ce750a053fecc4f21d2719688d183d79983346e5901aeffc16e16
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

cvss · 2 assertions

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImp…

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"affected","packageURL":"pkg:github/home-assistant/core","product":"Home Assistant Core","repo":"https://github.com/home-assistant/core","vendor":"home-assistant","versions":[{"lessThan":"2026.7.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

2 source assertions
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","baseScore":8.4,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","scope":"CHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1
{"metric":{"Automatable":"NOT_DEFINED","Recovery":"NOT_DEFINED","Safety":"NOT_DEFINED","attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":9.3,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL","exploitMaturity":"NOT_DEFINED","privilegesRequired":"HIGH","providerUrgency":"NOT_DEFINED","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"ACTIVE","valueDensity":"NOT_DEFINED","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","vulnConfidentialityImp…
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-22","description":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-78r8-wwqv-r299"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"Patch Commit","tags":["patch"],"url":"https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/1e457600f1093c15e1325742d03e2b76498c79c1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/references/2
{"name":"Pull Request","tags":["issue-tracking"],"url":"https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/172252"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"name":"Release Notes","tags":["release-notes"],"url":"https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.7.0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/home-assistant-core-symlink-path-traversal-rce-via-backup-restore"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:b7206685831573dd4874864d7fb0db4436227f948bc9d5a670501d7d0407937e · sha256:5421f9f0e69a2a49… · /containers/cna/references/3

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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