weblateorg/weblate · Security
Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-34242
- 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
The ZIP download feature didn't verify downloaded file and it could follow symlinks outside the repository.
Patches
References
Thanks to @DavidCarliez for reporting this vulnerability via GitHub.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-59 · Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor