CVE-2026-34242
highpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 40 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, the ZIP download feature didn't verify downloaded files, potentially following symlinks outside the repository. This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink2026-04-16ghsa · osvUS
### Impact The ZIP download feature didn't verify downloaded file and it could follow symlinks outside the repository. ### Patches * https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18683 ### References Thanks to @DavidCarliez for reporting this vulnerability via GitHub.
- PYSEC-2026-23132026-04-15vendor · osvUS
Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, the ZIP download feature didn't verify downloaded files, potentially following symlinks outside the repository. This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.
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sources
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references (6)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34242cnnvd
- https://weblate.org/zh-hans/download/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/5db3a2a2e047ecaab627a8731cd744a30b2f51d3enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/5db3a2a2e047ecaab627a8731cd744a30b2f51d3Patchnvd
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397Third Party Advisorynvd
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