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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-65713-home-assistant-core-before-is-vulnerable-to-directory-traversal  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-12-23  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/home-assistant), [homeassistant (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/homeassistant). Vendors: [Home Assistant](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/home-assistant), [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/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

  ```sh
  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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