Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.5.3, the Companion app treats tag links (NFC or QR) delivered through an OS-level routing mechanism as if they were physically scanned, without validating the calling app or prompting the user. As a result, any untrusted app on the device can forward an arbitrary tag to Home Assistant, causing it to execute the associated automation as though a legitimate user had scanned an authorized tag. This allows silent, unattended automation execution by untrusted local callers. This issue is fixed in version 2026.8.1.
CVE-2026-66060
This high-severity CVE scores 7.1 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.1%, top 98% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.1
- EG Score
- 7.1(medium)
- EG Risk
- 48(Track)EG Risk 48/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity71% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 7, 2026
Last Modified
August 13, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 7, 2026commit 968b49c58e4e (home-assistant/android)
Fix landed in home-assistant/android commit 968b49c58e4e — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/home-assistant/android/commit/968b49c58e4eba4d06371a3f6e73198ec6c8d4a7Companion app (Android) forwards NFC/QR tag scans to Home Assistant without user confirmation, allowing silent automation execution by untrusted callers · Advisory · home-assistant/core · GitHub
https://github.com/home-assistant/core/security/advisories/GHSA-2xqv-hwrf-983fWeakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 37× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-29 10:21 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-12 19:34 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-07 20:47 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-07 20:47 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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