CVE-2022-23915 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.2) CWE-88 vulnerability in weblate. A fix is available for weblate — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2022-23915 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,738 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
weblateReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
Weblate didn't correctly sanitize some arguments passed to Git and Mercurial, which allowed changing their behavior in an unintended way.
Patches
The issues were fixed in the 4.11.1 release. The following commits are addressing it:
- 35d59f1f040541c358cece0a8d4a63183ca919b8
- d83672a3e7415da1490334e2c9431e5da1966842
Workarounds
Instances in which untrusted users cannot create new components are not affected.
References
For more information
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Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | weblate | all versions | 4.11.1pip install --upgrade 'weblate==4.11.1' |
Affected Products
weblateweblateDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for weblate, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update weblate to 4.11.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-23915 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2022-23915 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.