What is GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397?

GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397 cover?

GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-34242. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397?

GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.7, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397?

GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397 affects 1 product, including: pip/weblate:\u003c 5.17.

GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397HighCVSS 7.7

Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

April 16, 2026

Last Modified

April 16, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-34242 →

📋 Description

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 products1

pip/weblate:< 5.17

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34242
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/5db3a2a2e047ecaab627a8731cd744a30b2f51d3
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397