VulnerabilityDeferred
CVE-2026-71260
ESPHome through 2026.7.0-dev discloses plaintext passwords via its web_server component.
MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.23%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.23%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.23% probability · 14th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Source
- 309f9ea4-e3e9-4c6c-b79d-e8eb01244f2c
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.