What is GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3?

GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Weblate is vulnerable to RCE through Git config file overwrite

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3 cover?

GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2025-68398. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3?

GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.1, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3?

GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3 affects 1 product, including: pip/Weblate:\u003c 5.15.1.

GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3CriticalCVSS 9.1

Weblate is vulnerable to RCE through Git config file overwrite

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

December 18, 2025

Last Modified

February 6, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-68398 →

📋 Description

Impact

It was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior.

Resources

Thanks to Jason Marcello for responsible disclosure.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/Weblate:< 5.15.1

🔗 References (8)

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17330
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17345
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.15.1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68398
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/4837a4154390f7c1d03c0e398aa6439dcfa361b4
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/dd8c9d7b00eebe28770fa0e2cd96126791765ea7
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3