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 ab…
Impact
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 symlink, attackers can achieve remote code execution by overwriting auto-imported Python paths such as site-packages/sitecustomize.py or custom component directories.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|
| Home Assistant Core | before 2026.7.0 |
Versions were read from the advisory text. No structured product data has been published for this record yet.
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/1e457600f1093c15e1325742d03e2b76498c79c1
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/172252
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.7.0
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/home-assistant-core-symlink-path-traversal-rce-via-backup-restore
- https://github.com/MervinPraison/PraisonAI/security/advisories/GHSA-78r8-wwqv-r299