FKIE_CVE-2026-23535

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-16 19:16 - Updated: 2026-02-18 16:26
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
wlc is a Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API. Prior to 1.17.2, the multi-translation download could write to an arbitrary location when instructed by a crafted server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.2.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/commit/216e691c6e50abae97fe2e4e4f21501bf49a585fPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1128Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/releases/tag/1.17.2Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/security/advisories/GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jgPatch, Vendor Advisory, Mitigation
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
weblate wlc *
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