CVE-2026-23535

wlc Path traversal: Unsanitized API slugs in download command

State: Published
Severity: 8.1 High
Published: Jan 16, 2026
Updated: Jan 16, 2026
Reserved: Jan 13, 2026

Description

wlc is a Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API. Prior to 1.17.2, the multi-translation download could write to an arbitrary location when instructed by a crafted server. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.17.2.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	8.1 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H	GitHub_M

Weaknesses

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected Products

Product	Versions
wlcWeblateOrg	< 1.17.2Affected

References

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://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/releases/tag/1.17.2

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