CVE-2025-68398 (GCVE-0-2025-68398)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-12-18 23:00
Modified
2025-12-19 14:58
Severity ?
9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-434 - Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
Summary
Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.
References
Impacted products
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WeblateOrg weblate Version: < 5.15.1
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