# CVE-2026-27457: Weblate: Missing access control for the AddonViewSet API exposes all addon configurations

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2310, GHSA-WPPC-7CQ7-CGFV
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.16.1
- Published: 2026-02-26 · Updated: 2026-03-03

## Affected

- WeblateOrg weblate: fixed in 5.16.1
- weblate (PyPI): fixed in 5.16.1

## Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. Prior to version 5.16.1, the REST API's `AddonViewSet` (`weblate/api/views.py`, line 2831) uses `queryset = Addon.objects.all()` without overriding `get_queryset()` to scope results by user permissions. This allows any authenticated user (or anonymous users if `REQUIRE_LOGIN` is not set) to list and retrieve ALL addons across all projects and components via `GET /api/addons/` and `GET /api/addons/{id}/`. Version 5.16.1 fixes the issue.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WeblateOrg weblate, weblate, upgrade to a fixed version (5.16.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-wppc-7cq7-cgfv
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18107
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/18164
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/3f58f9a4152bc0cbdd6eff5954f9c7bc4d9f0af9
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/7802c9b121eb407c48d4adddd4f2458fb3efef0f
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.16.1

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