CVE-2026-71260

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-08-05. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

ESPHome through 2026.7.0-dev discloses plaintext passwords via its web_server component. In WebServer::text_json_ (esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp), a text entity configured with mode: password (TEXT_MODE_PASSWORD) has its JSON "state" field correctly masked as "****", but the same serialization path unconditionally writes the raw password into the JSON "value" field via set_json_icon_state_value/set_json_value.

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: 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 computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
14%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 5, 2026

Last Modified

August 10, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Aug 5, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

esphome/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp at dev · esphome/esphome · GitHub

https://github.com/esphome/esphome/blob/dev/esphome/components/web_server/web_server.cpp
generic

GitHub - esphome/esphome: ESPHome is a system to control your ESP32, ESP8266, BK72xx, RP2040 by simple yet powerful configuration files and control them remotely through Home Automation systems. · GitHub

https://github.com/esphome/esphome

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-71260(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 23× in last 7d / 54× 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.

  1. 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-08-20 11:36 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-20 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-08-19 11:41 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-19 11:40 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-08-18 11:45 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-08-18 11:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-08-17 11:50 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-08-17 11:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-16 11:55 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-08-16 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 02:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-08-15 12:01 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-15 12:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-15 01:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-14 12:05 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-08-14 12:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-08-13 12:10 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-08-13 12:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-12 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-08-12 12:15 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-08-12 12:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-11 12:19 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-11 12:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-10 12:24 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-08-10 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-10 11:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-10 11:22 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-10 11:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-09 16:11 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-08-09 16:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-09 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-08 16:16 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-08-08 16:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-07 16:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-06 16:25 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-06 16:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-05 16:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-08-05 16:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-08-05 13:28 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-08-05 13:08 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-05 13:07 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-71260?
CVE-2026-71260 is a medium vulnerability published on August 5, 2026. ESPHome through 2026.7.0-dev discloses plaintext passwords via its webserver component. In WebServer::textjson (esphome/components/webserver/webserver.cpp), a text entity configured with mode: password (TEXTMODEPASSWORD) has its JSON "state" field correctly masked as "", but the same serialization…
When was CVE-2026-71260 disclosed?
CVE-2026-71260 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 5, 2026, with the most recent update on August 10, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-71260 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-71260 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 85.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-71260?
CVE-2026-71260 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-71260?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-71260, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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