CVE-2026-44569

HIGH

Open WebUI: Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.6.19, there's an IDOR in the channels message management system that allows authenticated users to modify or delete any message within channels they have read access to. The vulnerability exists in the message update and delete endpoints, which implement channel-level authorization but completely lack message ownership validation. While the frontend correctly implements ownership checks (showing edit/delete buttons only for message owners or admins), the backend APIs bypass these protections by only validating channel access permissions without verifying that the requesting user owns the target message. This creates a client-side security control bypass where attackers can directly call the APIs to modify other users' messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.19.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 11.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-862
Status published
Products (3)
open-webui/open-webui < 0.6.19
openwebui/open_webui < 0.6.19
pypi/open-webui 0 - 0.6.19PyPI
Published May 15, 2026
Tracked Since May 16, 2026