Medium 5.3Published Jan 12, 2026

CVE-2026-22251wlc may leak API keys due to an insecure API key configuration

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 10:23 PM ET)

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Exploited in the last 30 days

wlc is a Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API. Prior to 1.17.0, wlc supported providing unscoped API keys in the setting. This practice was discouraged for years, but the code was never removed. This might cause the API key to be leaked to different servers.

CVSS: 5.3 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: GitHub_M
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Jan 12, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

WeblateOrg wlc weblateorg:wlc (from the name)	before 1.17.0	CNA record
weblate wlc weblate:wlc	before 1.17.0	NVD

References

References

https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/security/advisories/GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766	x-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/pull/1098	x-refsource-misc, issue-tracking
https://github.com/WeblateOrg/wlc/commit/aafdb507a9e66574ade1f68c50c4fe75dbe80797	x-refsource-misc, patch

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