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.

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Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Home-assistant
Home-assistant home Assistant Community Store
Vendors & Products Home-assistant
Home-assistant home Assistant Community Store

Sat, 16 May 2026 15:45:00 +0000

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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
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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-16T15:28:07.743Z

Reserved: 2026-02-01T11:24:18.718Z

Link: CVE-2021-47942

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-16T16:16:21.390

Modified: 2026-05-16T16:16:21.390

Link: CVE-2021-47942

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Updated: 2026-05-17T17:00:30Z

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