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title: "CVE-2025-68398: Weblate is vulnerable to RCE through Git config file overwrite"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-68398/
description: "CVE-2025-68398 (Weblate (PyPI)): Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-12-18
date_modified: 2026-02-06
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-68398"
kev: false
cvss: 9.1
epss: 0.00792
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-68398: Weblate is vulnerable to RCE through Git config file overwrite

**Signal:** Critical, preconditions apply. Severe if exploited, but exploitation needs conditions that may not apply to you. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.8% , percentile 56: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Needs an account (high (admin)). Exposure depends on who can log in.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes Weblate (PyPI) < 5.15.1, fixed in 5.15.1 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

Weblate is a web based localization tool. In versions prior to 5.15.1, it was possible to overwrite Git configuration remotely and override some of its behavior. Version 5.15.1 fixes the issue.

## Affected packages

- PyPI `Weblate` < 5.15.1 → fixed: 5.15.1

## Affected products (CVE record)

- WeblateOrg weblate: < 5.15.1

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.1 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable no , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.79% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 56.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-68398](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68398)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-68398](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68398)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-8vcg-cfxj-p5m3)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17330)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/pull/17345)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/4837a4154390f7c1d03c0e398aa6439dcfa361b4)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/dd8c9d7b00eebe28770fa0e2cd96126791765ea7)
- [github.com](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/releases/tag/weblate-5.15.1)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-68398/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt