CVE-2026-27457 is a medium-severity (CVSS 4.3) Information Exposure vulnerability in weblate. A fix is available for weblate — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Weblate: Missing access control for the AddonViewSet API exposes all addon configurations
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2026-27457.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
Where this sits among everything scored
Real-World Exposure
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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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | weblate | all versions | 5.16.1pip install --upgrade 'weblate==5.16.1' |
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 5.16.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2026-27457 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Put an independent control in front of the weakness: restrict the affected endpoint or interface to trusted networks, require an additional authentication factor or proxy-level check, and invalidate existing sessions and credentials in case the flaw has already been used.
Frequently Asked Questions
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