Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information Affecting wlc package, versions [,1.17.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.01% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-WLC-14914637
  • published13 Jan 2026
  • disclosed12 Jan 2026
  • creditZee99y

Introduced: 12 Jan 2026

CVE-2026-22251  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-922  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade wlc to version 1.17.0 or higher.

Overview

wlc is an A command-line utility for Weblate, translation tool with tight version control integration

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information via insecure configuration of the key parameter. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information by exploiting unscoped API keys that may be used against unintended servers.

Workaround

This vulnerability can be mitigated by removing unscoped key entries from the configuration and only using URL-scoped keys in the [keys] section.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1