CVE-2026-44553

HIGH

Open WebUI: Stale Admin Role in Socket.IO Session Pool Enables Post-Demotion Cross-User Note Access

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, administrative role changes and user deletions do not iterate SESSION_POOL to disconnect affected sessions. As a result, a user whose admin role has been revoked retains admin privileges within their existing Socket.IO session for as long as they keep the connection alive (via automatic heartbeats). The gap is exclusive to the Socket.IO session cache. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 10.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-613
Status published
Products (3)
open-webui/open-webui < 0.9.0
openwebui/open_webui < 0.9.0
pypi/open-webui 0 - 0.9.0PyPI
Published May 15, 2026
Tracked Since May 16, 2026