---
id: CVE-2026-34242
aliases:
  - GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
  - PYSEC-2026-2313
title: 'Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink'
summary: 'Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink'
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 < 5.17
patched:
  - weblate 5.17
published: '2026-04-16'
updated: '2026-07-13'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397'
references:
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34242'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/5db3a2a2e047ecaab627a8731cd744a30b2f51d3
  - url: 'https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00527
epssPercentile: 0.4224
ingestedAt: '2026-07-13T18:57:59.421Z'
---

## Overview

### 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.

## Affected packages

- `weblate < 5.17`

## Remediation

Upgrade to a patched release:

- `weblate 5.17`