ESPHome 2023.12.9 Configuration Directory path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in ESPHome 2023.12.9. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Configuration Directory Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-27081. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in ESPHome 2023.12.9 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Configuration Directory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was released 02/26/2024 as GHSA-8p25-3q46-8q2p. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-27081 since 02/19/2024. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying the patch d814ed1d4adc71fde47c4df41215bee449884513 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.9
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.8

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Patch: d814ed1d4adc71fde47c4df41215bee449884513

Timelineinfo

02/19/2024 🔍
02/26/2024 +7 days 🔍
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02/08/2025 +348 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-8p25-3q46-8q2p
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-27081 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-27081
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-254786

Entryinfo

Created: 02/26/2024 19:24
Updated: 02/08/2025 06:25
Changes: 02/26/2024 19:24 (51), 02/08/2025 06:25 (27)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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