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    CVE-2021-47942 (GCVE-0-2021-47942)

    Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-16 15:28 – Updated: 2026-05-25 23:41
    VLAI
    Title
    Home Assistant Community Store 1.10.0 Path Traversal Account Takeover
    Summary
    Home Assistant Community Store (HACS) prior to 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.
    SSVC
    Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
    CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
    CWE
    • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
    Assigner
    Impacted products
    Date Public
    2021-01-28 00:00
    Credits
    Lyghtnox
    Show details on NVD website

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