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Weblate EUVDEUVD-2026-66713

| CVE-2026-55228 HIGH
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-08-26 GitHub_M GHSA-2q2q-jr9g-v9rf
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: GitHub_M
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate to Weblate REST API with low-privilege token
  2. Delivery
    Enumerate workspace or project primary key IDs via API responses
  3. Exploit
    Craft team creation POST with unauthorized workspace/project ID
  4. Execution
    API resolves ID without permission check
  5. Persist
    Team gains unauthorized project membership
  6. Impact
    Access private project content and perform translation or repository operations

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a valid Weblate user account with an API token - any authenticated user regardless of their assigned roles qualifies (CVSS PR:L confirmed). The REST API must be network-accessible to the attacker, which is true for default Weblate deployments. The attacker must know or enumerate valid workspace or project primary key integer values; these are sequential integers in a standard Django setup, making enumeration straightforward. No administrative privileges are needed, and no special Weblate configuration or non-default feature is required. Exploitation is limited by: the attacker must have a valid account (unauthenticated access is not possible); the API must not be network-isolated; and the target organization must use scoped teams (project- or workspace-scoped groups) for the impact to be meaningful - deployments with no project isolation in their team model would see reduced impact.

Impact

The CVSS 8.1 score (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N) accurately reflects the threat profile: network-reachable, low-complexity, low-privilege exploitation yielding high confidentiality and integrity impact. The combination of no required user interaction and low attack complexity makes this broadly exploitable by any valid API token holder. No EPSS data was provided in the intelligence, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified, but the low barrier (authenticated user, enumerable integer primary keys, standard API calls) suggests accessible exploitation mechanics. This is not a high-CVSS/low-real-risk disparity - the confidentiality and integrity impacts are genuine: an attacker can silently exfiltrate private project content and tamper with translation repositories. There is no CISA KEV listing and no known public exploit code, which moderates immediate urgency, but the absence of exploitation evidence is not grounds for deprioritization given how lightweight the attack is. Organizations relying on Weblate's project-scoped teams to enforce data segregation between clients, business units, or security-sensitive translation projects should treat this as high-priority remediation.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated Weblate user with a low-privilege API token crafts a POST request to the team creation or update endpoint, supplying the primary key integer of a private project or workspace they do not normally have access to in the defining_workspace or defining_project field. The pre-patch API resolves this key against the full workspace table without permission checks and silently grants the attacker's team access to the target project, exposing private translation content and allowing repository and project-management operations. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 26, 2026

Weblate's REST API failed to enforce permission scope on team (group) assignments in all versions prior to 2026.7, allowing any authenticated low-privilege user to assign unauthorized projects or workspaces to a team via the API. The root serializer field defining_workspace resolved primary keys against Workspace.objects.all() without filtering by the requesting user's permissions, enabling horizontal privilege escalation to private projects. Vendor-released patch 2026.7 is confirmed; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing exists at time of analysis.

RemediationAI

The primary fix is to upgrade Weblate to version 2026.7 or later, which enforces proper queryset-level permission filtering on team workspace and project assignments in the REST API. The vendor security advisory is available at https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-2q2q-jr9g-v9rf and the patching commit is at https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/19babc99b05f2cc299b5090f90f79d8181f25d79. If immediate upgrade is not possible, restrict REST API access to only trusted user accounts or service accounts at the network layer (e.g., firewall rules or reverse-proxy IP allowlisting for the /api/ path prefix), with the trade-off of disrupting legitimate API integrations. Alternatively, revoke or tightly scope API tokens to accounts that do not require team management, and disable or audit team creation/modification endpoints. Audit existing team configurations for unexpected project assignments that may indicate prior exploitation.

Affected VersionsENISA

weblate < 2026.7

Affected Packages

pypi weblate fix: 2026.7

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in pypi

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Weblate is a Django-based web localization platform that enforces project isolation through a team/group model where teams are scoped to specific projects or workspaces. The vulnerability (CWE-639, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key) resided in weblate/api/serializers.py within the GroupSerializer class. The defining_workspace field was declared as serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(queryset=Workspace.objects.all()), meaning the API accepted any integer primary key for a workspace without verifying whether the submitting user had permission over that resource. The fix introduces DefiningWorkspaceField, a custom subclass that restricts its queryset to workspaces where the user holds workspace.edit_members permission, and raises PermissionDenied on unauthorized IDs. Additionally, project-scoped teams previously allowed project_selection to be overridden via the API; the fix enforces SELECTION_MANUAL and blocks modification of project_selection on already-scoped teams. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:weblateorg:weblate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*.

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Severity by source

Vendor (GitHub_M) PRIMARY 8.1 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 8.1 HIGH

Network-exposed REST API exploitable by any authenticated user (PR:L); no special conditions; high confidentiality and integrity impact from unauthorized project access; no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE HIGH

Primary rating from Vendor (GitHub_M).

CVSS VectorVendor: GitHub_M

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Aug 26, 2026 - 22:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 26, 2026 - 20:14 cve.org
HIGH 8.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Weblate is a web-based continuous localization platform used to manage software translations. In versions prior to 2026.7, the REST API did not properly enforce the scope of project- and workspace-scoped teams, allowing a user to submit invalid team configurations through the API. By assigning projects to a team via these unvalidated requests, a user could grant access to projects they were not authorized to see or manage. This could expose private projects and permit translation, repository, and project-management operations outside the user's intended permission scope. This issue is fixed in version 2026.7.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Weblate's REST API contains a privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2026-55228) that allows any authenticated user to gain unauthorized access to private projects and workspaces within their organization's Weblate instance. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. Organizations using Weblate for translation management face potential exposure of sensitive content and loss of project access controls, and vendor patch 2026.7 should be applied immediately.

Business Impact: High
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch: Weblate 2026.7 or later

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 87% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular open-source localization platform, enterprise and OSS adoption
Threat Intel
1
1 sources
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High
EUVD NVD CVE.org EPSS Vulnrichment GHSA Vendor CIRCL GitHub

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact
High
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

40
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +40
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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Vendor StatusVendor

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Severity: Important

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