weblateorg/weblate · Security
Weblate: JavaScript localization CDN add-on allows arbitrary local file read outside the repository
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-mqph-7h49-hqfm
- CVE ID
- CVE-2026-33220
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 6.8 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Description
Impact
The translation memory API exposed unintended endpoints, which in turn didn't do proper access control.
Patches
Workarounds
The CDN add-on is not enabled by default.
References
Thanks to @spbavarva for reporting this responsibly via GitHub.
CWEs
- CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
- CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
References
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-mqph-7h49-hqfm ↗
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33220 ↗
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18516 ↗
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/weblate/PYSEC-2026-153.yaml ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mqph-7h49-hqfm ↗