---
id: CVE-2025-68279
aliases:
  - GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7
  - PYSEC-2026-2040
title: Weblate has an arbitrary file read via symbolic links
summary: Weblate has an arbitrary file read via symbolic links
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N'
vendor: weblate
product: weblate
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - weblate < 5.15.1
patched:
  - weblate 5.15.1
published: '2025-12-18'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68279'
  - url: 'https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17331'
  - url: 'https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17356'
  - url: 'https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate'
  - url: 'https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.15.1'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00412
epssPercentile: 0.32761
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:49.681Z'
---

## Overview

### Impact
It was possible to read arbitrary files from the server file system using crafted symbolic links in the repository.

### Resources

Thanks to Jason Marcello for responsible disclosure.

## Affected packages

- `weblate < 5.15.1`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `weblate 5.15.1`