Description
Home Assistant Core before 2026.5.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the Shelly integration's async_get_media_image() method that allows attackers controlling a Shelly device's thumb field to serve arbitrary HTML content by supplying a data URI with a text/html content type without validation against an image-only allowlist. Attackers can cause the media player proxy endpoint to serve attacker-controlled bytes with Content-Type text/html in the Home Assistant web origin, enabling theft of session tokens from local storage and authenticated calls to sensitive service endpoints including lock, alarm, and cover controls.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| home-assistant | Home Assistant Core | < 2026.5.4 | 2026.5.4 |
References
- Home Assistant Core 2026.5.4 Release Notes release-notes
- Pull Request issue-tracking patch
- Patch Commit patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/home-assistant-core-xss-via-shelly-media-player-py-thumb-uri third-party-advisory