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TI-2023-23891 Aliases CVE-2023-44385

Client-Side Request Forgery in Home Assistant iOS/macOS native Apps

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-352Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Tampering
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-352.

Summary

The Home Assistant Companion for iOS and macOS app up to version 2023.4 are vulnerable to Client-Side Request Forgery. Attackers may send malicious links/QRs to victims that, when visited, will make the victim to call arbitrary services in their Home Assistant installation. Combined with this security advisory, may result in full compromise and remote code execution (RCE). Version 2023.7 addresses this issue and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as GitHub Security Lab (GHSL) Vulnerability Report: GHSL-2023-161.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00307 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed core (home-assistant): 2023.7

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
home-assistantcorebefore 2023.72023.7Patch availableCNA
  • core Vendorhome-assistant Affected before 2023.7 Fixed in 2023.7 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:home-assistant:home_assistant_companion:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:*before 2023.7Vulnerablehome-assistant
cpe:2.3:a:home-assistant:home_assistant_companion:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:*before 2023.7Vulnerablehome-assistant
  • cpe:2.3:a:home-assistant:home_assistant_companion:*:*:*:*:*:iphone_os:*:* Versions before 2023.7 Vulnerable ·home-assistant
  • cpe:2.3:a:home-assistant:home_assistant_companion:*:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* Versions before 2023.7 Vulnerable ·home-assistant

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA core (home-assistant) Fixed in 2023.7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-44385

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2026-39213 Home Assistant: Exported BroadcastReceiver allows local apps to spoof device location CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
  • TI-2023-22290 Arbitrary URL load in Android WebView in `MyActivity.kt` in Home Assistant Companion for Android CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.6

Sources

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