# CVE-2026-64824: Home Assistant Core \< 2026.7.0 Symlink Path Traversal RCE via backup-restore

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2905, GHSA-78R8-WWQV-R299
- Severity: CVSS 9.3 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2026.7.0, 4.6.40
- Published: 2026-07-21 · Updated: 2026-07-28

## Affected

- home-assistant Home Assistant Core: fixed in 2026.7.0
- praisonai (PyPI): fixed in 4.6.40

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on home-assistant Home Assistant Core, praisonai, upgrade to a fixed version (2026.7.0, 4.6.40) per the references below.
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## Related

- [CVE-2026-47398](https://cve.now/CVE-2026-47398.md)
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## References

- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/releases/tag/2026.7.0
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/pull/172252
- https://github.com/home-assistant/core/commit/1e457600f1093c15e1325742d03e2b76498c79c1
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/home-assistant-core-symlink-path-traversal-rce-via-backup-restore
- https://github.com/Boreas37/CVE-2026-64824-PoC

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