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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-44698"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-05-29T13:32:20.669Z"
updatedAt: "2026-05-29T13:58:53.347Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-44698"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-44698.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44698"
title: "Home Assistant: Cross-origin iframe access token exfiltration via WebView JS bridge callback injection"
summary: "Home Assistant is open source home automation software that puts local control and privacy first. Prior to 2026.4.1 for iOS and 2026.4.4 for Android, he Home Assistant Companion apps for Android and iOS expose a JavaScript bridge to the in-app WebView window.externalApp on Android and webkit.messageHandlers.getExternalAuth (alongside revokeExternalAuth and externalBus) on iOS. Two flaws expose the bridge to all frames (including cross-origin iframes) and unsanitized interpolation of the JavaScript callback identifier allows a cross-origin iframe rendered inside the Companion app to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the Home Assistant frontend's main-frame origin and exfiltrate the signed-in user's access token. This vulnerability is fixed in 2026.4.1 for iOS and 2026.4.4 for Android."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2026.4.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"home-assistant","product":"core"},{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2026.4.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Home Assistant","product":"Companion app (iOS)"},{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2026.4.4","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"Home Assistant","product":"Companion app (Android)"}]

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