Weblate: Privilege escalation in the user API endpoint
### Impact The user patching API endpoint didn't properly limit the scope of edits. ### Patches * https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18687 ### References Thanks to @tikket1 and @DavidCarliez for reporting this via GitHub. We received two individual reports for this.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-34393US | — | — | ||
Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, the user patching API endpoint didn't properly limit the scope of edits. This issue has been fixed in version 5… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblatePACKAGE
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18687WEB
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-3382-gw9x-477vWEB
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/weblate/PYSEC-2026-155.yamlWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34393ADVISORY
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