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In versions prior to 5.17, repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside). This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T18:36:44.975Z","modified":"2026-04-16T14:11:15.386Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:43:22.599321Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2026-23019","description":"Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside). This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T18:36:44Z","modified":"2026-04-16T14:11:15Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T19:24:24.386229Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-ffgh-3jrf-8wvh","title":"Weblate: Prefix-Based Repository Boundary Check Bypass via Symlink/Junction Path Prefix Collision","description":"### Impact\nWeblate repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside).\n\n### Patches\n* https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18847\n\n### References\nThanks to [m9nx4u](https://hackerone.com/m9nx4u) for reporting this issue via HackerOne.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-16T21:08:47Z","modified":"2026-04-16T21:08:47Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:39:55.105822Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40256","description":"Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside). This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T19:16:37.47Z","modified":"2026-10-26T21:10:00.17Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"secondary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:12:14.748836Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2026-40256","title":"Weblate: Prefix-Based Repository Boundary Check Bypass via Symlink/Junction Path Prefix Collision","description":"Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside). This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T18:36:44.975Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:45.003213959Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:45:03.424067Z"},{"id":"GHSA-ffgh-3jrf-8wvh","title":"Weblate: Prefix-Based Repository Boundary Check Bypass via Symlink/Junction Path Prefix Collision","description":"### Impact\nWeblate repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside).\n\n### Patches\n* https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18847\n\n### References\nThanks to [m9nx4u](https://hackerone.com/m9nx4u) for reporting this issue via HackerOne.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-16T21:08:47Z","modified":"2026-07-13T07:26:55.0936042Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:46.39441Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-2315","description":"Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.17, repository-boundary validation relies on string prefix checks on resolved absolute paths. In multiple code paths, the check uses startswith against the repository root path. This is not path-segment aware and can be bypassed when the external path shares the same string prefix as the repository path (for example, repo and repo_outside). This issue has been fixed in version 5.17.","status":"published","published":"2026-04-15T19:16:37.47Z","modified":"2026-07-13T07:15:47.898340733Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:55.537808Z"}]}}