# CVE-2026-61790: Weblate team-enforced 2FA bypass for global permissions

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-61790-weblate-team-enforced-2fa-bypass-for-global-permissions  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-08-26. Updated: 2026-09-25  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2026-61790 · Severity: medium · CVSS 4.4 · Published 2026-08-26

Weblate is a web-based translation management platform used by organizations to coordinate software localization. Teams can enforce two-factor authentication (2FA) to protect sensitive permissions, but this requirement was not being applied to site-wide global permissions. An attacker who is a team member without 2FA configured could still receive and exercise global administrative permissions, including access to the site management interface, undermining the security policy intended by administrators.

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2026-61790 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-61790 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2026-61790?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 4.4, published 26 August 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Weblate Weblate prior to 2026.7.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2026-61790?** A patch was published on 2026-07-26: Fixed in version 2026.7 Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2026-61790 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a web application.

**Am I affected by CVE-2026-61790?** Check whether anything you run is named in the advisory. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

This is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-284) where the 2FA enforcement check is missing for global-scope permissions while correctly applied to project-, component-, and workspace-scoped permissions. A team member belonging to a team with the enforced_2fa flag set would normally have their team permissions withheld until 2FA is configured, but this logic was not implemented for site-wide permissions. The vulnerability requires the attacker to be a team member in a team that both enforces 2FA and grants a global permission (high privilege requirement, high attack complexity). An authenticated attacker without 2FA can access /manage/ and other site-wide administrative functions. The issue is fixed in version 2026.7.

## Affected products

- Weblate Weblate prior to 2026.7

## Timeline

- 2026-07-11: disclosed
- 2026-07-26: patched: Fixed in version 2026.7
- 2026-08-26: advisory

## References

- [https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/89042ab12268842655ddc10cb052bfc4dfa7a589](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/commit/89042ab12268842655ddc10cb052bfc4dfa7a589)
- [https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-x86c-ff69-cr2m](https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate/security/advisories/GHSA-x86c-ff69-cr2m)