What is GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766?

GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. Weblate wlc has insecure API key configuration

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 cover?

GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-22251. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766?

GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.3, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766?

GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 affects 1 product, including: pip/wlc:\u003c 1.17.0.

GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766MediumCVSS 5.3

Weblate wlc has insecure API key configuration

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 12, 2026

Last Modified

January 12, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-22251 →

📋 Description

Impact

Historically, wlc supported providing unscoped API keys in the setting. This practice was discouraged for years, but the code was never removed. This might cause the API key to be used against different server.

Patches

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1098

Workarounds

Remove unscoped key from wlc configuration. Only use URL-scoped keys in the [keys] sections.

References

This issue was reported to us by wh1zee via HackerOne.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/wlc:< 1.17.0

🔗 References (5)

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/security/advisories/GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1098
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/commit/aafdb507a9e66574ade1f68c50c4fe75dbe80797
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22251
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766