diff --git a/config/security/securityConfig.go b/config/security/securityConfig.go
index 09c5cb62573..8b0a5269841 100644
--- a/config/security/securityConfig.go
+++ b/config/security/securityConfig.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 		),
 		// These have been tested to work with Hugo's external programs
 		// on Windows, Linux and MacOS.
-		OsEnv: NewWhitelist("(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$"),
+		OsEnv: NewWhitelist("(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|HOME|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$"),
 	},
 	Funcs: Funcs{
 		Getenv: NewWhitelist("^HUGO_"),
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ func (c Config) CheckAllowedExec(name string) error {
 		}
 	}
 	return nil
-
 }
 
 func (c Config) CheckAllowedGetEnv(name string) error {
@@ -159,7 +158,6 @@ func (c Config) ToSecurityMap() map[string]interface{} {
 		"security": m,
 	}
 	return sec
-
 }
 
 // DecodeConfig creates a privacy Config from a given Hugo configuration.
@@ -189,7 +187,6 @@ func DecodeConfig(cfg config.Provider) (Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	return sc, nil
-
 }
 
 func stringSliceToWhitelistHook() mapstructure.DecodeHookFuncType {
@@ -205,7 +202,6 @@ func stringSliceToWhitelistHook() mapstructure.DecodeHookFuncType {
 		wl := types.ToStringSlicePreserveString(data)
 
 		return NewWhitelist(wl...), nil
-
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/config/security/securityonfig_test.go b/config/security/securityonfig_test.go
index d0416a20df3..bafb4e766d9 100644
--- a/config/security/securityonfig_test.go
+++ b/config/security/securityonfig_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ getEnv=["a", "b"]
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.OsEnv.Accept("e"), qt.IsFalse)
 		c.Assert(pc.Funcs.Getenv.Accept("a"), qt.IsTrue)
 		c.Assert(pc.Funcs.Getenv.Accept("c"), qt.IsFalse)
-
 	})
 
 	c.Run("String whitelist", func(c *qt.C) {
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ osEnv="b"
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.Allow.Accept("d"), qt.IsFalse)
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.OsEnv.Accept("b"), qt.IsTrue)
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.OsEnv.Accept("e"), qt.IsFalse)
-
 	})
 
 	c.Run("Default exec.osEnv", func(c *qt.C) {
@@ -105,7 +103,6 @@ allow="a"
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.Allow.Accept("a"), qt.IsTrue)
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.OsEnv.Accept("PATH"), qt.IsTrue)
 		c.Assert(pc.Exec.OsEnv.Accept("e"), qt.IsFalse)
-
 	})
 
 	c.Run("Enable inline shortcodes, legacy", func(c *qt.C) {
@@ -129,9 +126,7 @@ osEnv="b"
 		pc, err := DecodeConfig(cfg)
 		c.Assert(err, qt.IsNil)
 		c.Assert(pc.EnableInlineShortcodes, qt.IsTrue)
-
 	})
-
 }
 
 func TestToTOML(t *testing.T) {
@@ -140,7 +135,7 @@ func TestToTOML(t *testing.T) {
 	got := DefaultConfig.ToTOML()
 
 	c.Assert(got, qt.Equals,
-		"[security]\n  enableInlineShortcodes = false\n  [security.exec]\n    allow = ['^dart-sass-embedded$', '^go$', '^npx$', '^postcss$']\n    osEnv = ['(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$']\n\n  [security.funcs]\n    getenv = ['^HUGO_']\n\n  [security.http]\n    methods = ['(?i)GET|POST']\n    urls = ['.*']",
+		"[security]\n  enableInlineShortcodes = false\n  [security.exec]\n    allow = ['^dart-sass-embedded$', '^go$', '^npx$', '^postcss$']\n    osEnv = ['(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|HOME|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$']\n\n  [security.funcs]\n    getenv = ['^HUGO_']\n\n  [security.http]\n    methods = ['(?i)GET|POST']\n    urls = ['.*']",
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/docs/data/docs.json b/docs/data/docs.json
index b270b2c9b53..78f0640fa70 100644
--- a/docs/data/docs.json
+++ b/docs/data/docs.json
@@ -1839,7 +1839,7 @@
           "^postcss$"
         ],
         "osEnv": [
-          "(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$"
+          "(?i)^(PATH|PATHEXT|APPDATA|HOME|TMP|TEMP|TERM)$"
         ]
       },
       "funcs": {