CVE-2026-71259 ESPHome external_components file:// Scheme Validation Bypass Leading to Remote Code Execution

ESPHome through 2026.7.0-dev contains an operator-precedence bug in the cv.url validator in esphome/configvalidation.py. Because binds tighter than , any file: URI passes validation regardless of netloc. This validator gates the field of the externalcomponents YAML directive's git source schema,...