Weblate is a web-based continuous localization platform used to manage software translations. Weblate 4.11.1 through 2026.7.1 contains an argument-injection vulnerability in its Mercurial backend. Repository filenames beginning with - could be interpreted as Mercurial options instead of literal paths. An authenticated user with project-scoped component.edit permission could exploit this through a Mercurial-backed RESX component using the Update RESX files add-on. A later repository update could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Weblate service account. This is a residual incomplete fix for CVE-2022-23915. This issue has been patched in version 2026.8.
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| Description | Weblate is a web-based continuous localization platform used to manage software translations. Weblate 4.11.1 through 2026.7.1 contains an argument-injection vulnerability in its Mercurial backend. Repository filenames beginning with - could be interpreted as Mercurial options instead of literal paths. An authenticated user with project-scoped component.edit permission could exploit this through a Mercurial-backed RESX component using the Update RESX files add-on. A later repository update could execute arbitrary commands with the privileges of the Weblate service account. This is a residual incomplete fix for CVE-2022-23915. This issue has been patched in version 2026.8. | |
| Title | Weblate: Mercurial argument injection via repository filenames allows authenticated command execution | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-78 CWE-88 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-29T14:58:20.313Z
Reserved: 2026-09-04T19:29:21.057Z
Link: CVE-2026-86035
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-09-29T15:17:30.407
Modified: 2026-09-30T19:57:08.043
Link: CVE-2026-86035
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Updated: 2026-09-30T20:30:18Z