ghsa-g925-f788-4jh7
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-12-18 22:58
Modified
2025-12-20 05:26
Severity ?
7.7 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Weblate has an arbitrary file read via symbolic links
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "Weblate"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.15.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-68279"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-59"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-12-18T22:58:56Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-12-18T23:15:48Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nIt was possible to read arbitrary files from the server file system using crafted symbolic links in the repository.\n\n### Resources\n\nThanks to Jason Marcello for responsible disclosure.",
  "id": "GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7",
  "modified": "2025-12-20T05:26:24Z",
  "published": "2025-12-18T22:58:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-g925-f788-4jh7"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68279"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17331"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17356"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.15.1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Weblate has an arbitrary file read via symbolic links"
}


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