CVE-2025-65713 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4) Path Traversal vulnerability in homeassistant. A fix is available for homeassistant — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Home Assistant Core before is vulnerable to Directory Traversal
Exploitation Status
Proof-of-concept exploit code exists
- CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-65713.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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Description
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | homeassistant | all versions | 2025.8.0pip install --upgrade 'homeassistant==2025.8.0' |
Affected Products
home-assistanthome-assistantDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for homeassistant, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update homeassistant to 2025.8.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2025-65713 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Resolve every user-supplied path to its canonical form and reject anything that escapes the intended directory, and run the component under an account that has no read or write access outside the directory it legitimately serves.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-65713 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.