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CVE-2024-27081: ESPHome remote code execution via arbitrary file write

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

ESPHome is a system to control your ESP8266/ESP32. A security misconfiguration in the edit configuration file API in the dashboard component of ESPHome version 2023.12.9 (command line installation) allows authenticated remote attackers to read and write arbitrary files under the configuration directory rendering remote code execution possible. This vulnerability is patched in 2024.2.1.

Affected products

• esphome: 2023.12.9

References

• https://github.com/esphome/esphome/commit/d814ed1d4adc71fde47c4df41215bee449884513
• https://github.com/esphome/esphome/security/advisories/GHSA-8p25-3q46-8q2p
• https://github.com/esphome/esphome/commit/d814ed1d4adc71fde47c4df41215bee449884513
• https://github.com/esphome/esphome/security/advisories/GHSA-8p25-3q46-8q2p

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