CVE-2026-45833

CRITICAL

ChromaDB - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Title source: rule

Description

A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the /api/v2/tenants/default_tenant/databases/default_database/collections/{collection_id} if they have the UPDATE_COLLECTION permission.

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5

Scores

CVSS v4 9.4

EPSS 0.0026

EPSS Percentile 16.7%

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Details

CWE

CWE-94

Status published

Products (1)

Chroma/ChromaDB 0.4.17

Published Jun 12, 2026

Tracked Since Jun 12, 2026