CVE-2025-65713: PYSEC-2026-1454 - Home Assistant Core before is vulnerable to Directory Traversal

CVE-2025-65713 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4 · Published 2025-12-23

Home Assistant Core before v2025.8.0 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The Downloader integration does not fully validate file paths during concatenation, leaving a path traversal vulnerability.

Technologies: Home Assistant Home-Assistant, homeassistant (PyPI). Vendors: Home Assistant, PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2025-65713 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-65713 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2025-65713?
Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4, published 23 December 2025.
Which products and versions are affected?
homeassistant (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2025.8.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2025-65713?
Yes. homeassistant (PyPI): upgrade to 2025.8.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2025-65713?
Check whether you run Home Assistant Home-Assistant or homeassistant (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • homeassistant (PyPI): upgrade to 2025.8.0 or later
    pip install "homeassistant>=2025.8.0"

Affected products

  • Home Assistant Home-Assistant
  • homeassistant (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=2025.8.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2025-65713
  • GHSA-pp3g-xmm4-5cw9
  • PYSEC-2026-1454

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