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Ubuntu 25.10 wlc Critical SSL API Key Leak Vuln USN-7981-1 CVE-2026-22250

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Calendar Grey January 29, 2026
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Several critical security issues in wlc fixed for multiple Ubuntu versions, addressing API and SSL vulnerabilities.
Several security issues were fixed in wlc.

Summary

Several security issues were fixed in wlc.

Software Description:

- wlc: A Weblate command-line client using Weblate's REST API

Details:

It was discovered that wlc did not correctly handle SSL verification. An

attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive resources.

(CVE-2026-22250)

It was discovered that wlc did not correctly handle API keys. An attacker

could possibly use this issue to leak API keys to a malicious server.

(CVE-2026-22251)

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu API key leak ssl verification issue wlc

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 25.10
  wlc                             1.15-2ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  wlc                             1.13-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  wlc                             1.2-1ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  wlc                             1.2-1ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  wlc                             0.8-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7981-1

CVE-2026-22250, CVE-2026-22251

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7981-1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical Ubuntu API key leak ssl verification issue wlc

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/wlc/1.15-2ubuntu0.1

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