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CVE-2026-22251
wlc may leak API keys due to an insecure API key configuration
Medium5.3EPSS 0.19%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
Description
wlc is a Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API. Prior to 1.17.0, 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 leaked to different servers.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 5 days later
· 5 days later
Published
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 1.17.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
References (3)
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/security/advisories/GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1098 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/commit/aafdb507a9e66574ade1f68c50c4fe75dbe80797 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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