# CVE-2026-41654: Weblate is Vulnerable to Authenticated SSRF via Project Backup Import bypassing validate\_repo\_url

- Also known as: GHSA-CWCX-382V-8M9G, PYSEC-2026-2317
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.17.1
- Published: 2026-05-07 · Updated: 2026-05-08

## Affected

- WeblateOrg weblate: fixed in 5.17.1
- weblate (PyPI): fixed in 5.17.1

## Description

Weblate is a web based localization tool. Prior to version 5.17.1, an authenticated user with project.add permission (default on hosted Weblate SaaS and for any user holding an active billing/trial plan) can import a crafted project backup ZIP whose components/<name>.json contains an attacker-chosen repo URL pointing at a private address (e.g. http://127.0.0.1:9999/) or using a non-allow-listed scheme (e.g. file://, git://). Weblate persists the component via Component.objects.bulk_create([component])[0], which bypasses Django's full_clean() and therefore never runs the validate_repo_url validator. The URL is subsequently written verbatim into .git/config by configure_repo(pull=False). This issue has been patched in version 5.17.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on WeblateOrg weblate, weblate, upgrade to a fixed version (5.17.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-cwcx-382v-8m9g
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/19061
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/19062
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/e1eff1f517c1ee315d69581910baaabb724e5ef0
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/e4b67a76d95d5165ecb9937f7485fd79223b7f14
- https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.17.1

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