What is GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg?

GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with High severity. Weblate wlc path traversal vulnerability: Unsanitized API slugs in download command

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg cover?

GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-23535. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg?

GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.0, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

Which products are affected by GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg?

GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg affects 1 product, including: pip/wlc:\u003c 1.17.2.

GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jgHighCVSS 8.0

Weblate wlc path traversal vulnerability: Unsanitized API slugs in download command

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

January 16, 2026

Last Modified

January 16, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-23535 →

📋 Description

Impact

Multi-translation download could write to an arbitrary location when instructed by a crafted server.

Patches

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1128

Workarounds

Do not use wlc download with untrusted servers.

References

This issue was reported to us by wh1zee via HackerOne.

🎯 Affected products1

pip/wlc:< 1.17.2

🔗 References (6)

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/security/advisories/GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1128
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/commit/216e691c6e50abae97fe2e4e4f21501bf49a585f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23535
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/releases/tag/1.17.2
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mmwx-79f6-67jg