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.

The remote Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-7981-1 advisory.

    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)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2026-22251)

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2026-22251)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
297278	Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : wlc vulnerabilities (USN-7981-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	medium
436692	SCA: security update for wlc (GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	medium
436692	SCA: security update for wlc (GHSA-9rp8-h4g8-8766)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	medium
282618	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-22251	Nessus	Misc.	medium

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