CVE-2026-34242: Weblate: Arbitrary File Read via Symlink

April 16, 2026

The ZIP download feature didn’t verify downloaded file and it could follow symlinks outside the repository.

References

github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate
github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/5db3a2a2e047ecaab627a8731cd744a30b2f51d3
github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hv99-mxm5-q397
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34242

Code Behaviors & Features

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