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Home Assistant 2026.7.0 – safe to update?
0 problem reports and 0 positive reports found on Reddit (plus 3 other mentions). Out for 108 days and we haven't found any problem reports. Quiet isn't proof — but most bad releases get noticed within a week.
Newer release in this line: Home Assistant 2026.7.4 (2026-07-24). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.
Security update: this release fixes security issues (highest CVSS 9.3). Waiting carries its own risk — if your device is exposed, weigh that against the reports below.
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What's in this release
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2026/07/01/release-20267/
Source: GitHub releases (home-assistant/core)
CVEs fixed
- CVE-2026-64824 CRITICAL 9.3 (NVD: fixed in this version)
Home Assistant Core before 2026.7.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the backup-restore function that allows attackers to write files to arbitrary absolute filesystem paths by supplying a crafted tar archive with a SYMTYPE entry containing a benign… - CVE-2026-91130 CRITICAL 9.3 (NVD: fixed in this version)
Home Assistant is open source home automation software focused on local control and privacy. Prior to 2026.7.0, the Statistics Graph card in src/components/chart/statistics-chart.ts passed entity names through getStatisticLabel and computeStateName and interp…
Community reports
- Mention
Finally updated Probe-ability · Reddit · 2026-09-22
A while ago I posted Probe-ability, a custom integration and card that predicts when your meat will hit its target temperature. It's like a Meater, but using whatever temperature sensors you already have in HA (wired probes, BLE thermometers, pellet grill probes…). First of all…
- Mention
Ring View - a better Ring camera experience for Home Assistant · Reddit · 2026-09-06
Hi everyone! I’ve released Ring View , a custom Home Assistant card that brings your Ring camera’s latest recording and live view together in one clean interface. The official Ring integration exposes recordings and live video as separate camera entities. That often means using…
- Mention
I made open source Matter over Thread firmware for the $12 Seeed XIAO soil moisture sensor that displays as moisture correctly in HA :-) · Reddit · 2026-08-15
Matter 1.5 added a Soil Sensor device type, and Home Assistant 2026.7 can finally show it. As far as I can tell, nobody ships a native Matter soil sensor yet, commercial or otherwise, and I wanted one for my plants. The Seeed Studio XIAO Soil Moisture Sensor is about $12 and run…
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