CVE-2026-45398

HIGH

Open WebUI: IDOR - Retrieval API Bypasses Knowledge Base Access Controls

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, _validate_collection_access() checks the user-memory-* and file-* collection name prefixes but does not check knowledge base collections, which use raw UUIDs as collection names. Any authenticated user who knows a private knowledge base UUID can read its content through the retrieval query endpoints, even though the knowledge API correctly denies that user access. The same gap affects the retrieval write endpoints (/process/text, /process/file, /process/files/batch, /process/web, /process/youtube), allowing an attacker to inject content into or overwrite another user's knowledge base. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
X_Refsource_Misc x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/22109

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 13.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation poc
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-639
Status published
Products (3)
open-webui/open-webui < 0.9.5
openwebui/open_webui < 0.9.5
pypi/open-webui 0 - 0.9.5PyPI
Published May 15, 2026
Tracked Since May 16, 2026