weblateorg/weblate · Security
Weblate has an arbitrary file read via symbolic links
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-68279
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.7 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Impact
It was possible to read arbitrary files from the server file system using crafted symbolic links in the repository.
Resources
Thanks to Jason Marcello for responsible disclosure.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
References
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7 ↗
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17331 ↗
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17356 ↗
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.15.1 ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68279 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7 ↗