CVE-2026-64825

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductHomeassistant
PublishedJul 21, 2026
First seenJul 21, 2026

How to fix

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
homeassistantPyPIv < 2026.6.02026.6.0

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