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MEDIUM 4.4

GHSA-jfgp-674x-6q4p

Weblate vulnerable to improper sanitization of project backups

Details

### Impact Weblate didn't correctly validate filenames when restoring project backup. It may be possible to gain unauthorized access to files on the server using a crafted ZIP file.

### Patches This issue has been addressed in Weblate 5.6.2 via https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/b6a7eace155fa0feaf01b4ac36165a9c5e63bfdd.

### Workarounds Do not allow project creation to untrusted users.

### References Thanks to Bryan Cahill for bringing this issue to our attention.

### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open a topic in [discussions](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/discussions) * Email us at [care@weblate.org](mailto:care@weblate.org)

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Affected packages

PyPI / weblate
Introduced in: 4.14 Fixed in: 5.6.2
Fix pip install --upgrade 'weblate>=5.6.2'

References