High-risk tools in Home Assistant
5 of the 96 tools in Home Assistant are classified as high risk. This page profiles those tools specifically, with recommended policy actions and the attack patterns that target them.
Every operation listed below is an action PolicyLayer recommends controlling at the transport layer. Open any tool to see the full profile, risk score, and YAML policy snippet.
Tools at high risk
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ha_expose_entitiesExecute[WRITE] Expose or unexpose entities to a voice assistant. MODIFIES voice assistant configuration - requires approval. Changes take effect immediately (no HA restart needed).
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ha_restartExecute[WRITE] FULL restart of Home Assistant. Completely restarts HA Core. Use when configuration changes require full restart (e.g., new dashboards, integrations). HA will be unavail...
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ha_restart_addonExecute[WRITE] Restart an add-on. MODIFIES system - requires approval.
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ha_start_addonExecute[WRITE] Start an add-on. MODIFIES system - requires approval.
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ha_stop_addonExecute[WRITE] Stop a running add-on. MODIFIES system - requires approval.
Attacks that target this class
High-risk tools in any server share these documented attack patterns. Each links to the full case and the defensive policy.