CVE-2026-45402

8.1 HIGH

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline

Published: 2026-05-15 · Last updated: 2026-05-18

Severity and scoring

CVSS: 8.1 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE: CWE-639

Affected products

Vendor	Product
openwebui	open_webui

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, multiple endpoints accept a user-supplied file_id and attach the referenced file to a resource the caller controls (folder knowledge, knowledge-base contents) without verifying that the caller owns or has been granted access to the file. The file's content then becomes reachable through the downstream RAG / file-content paths, allowing any authenticated user to exfiltrate any other user's private file — and on the knowledge-base path, also to overwrite it — given knowledge of the file's UUID. This affects backend/open_webui/routers/folders.py (POST /api/v1/folders/{id}/update), backend/open_webui/routers/knowledge.py (add_file_to_knowledge_by_id), and backend/open_webui/routers/knowledge.py (add_files_to_knowledge_by_id_batch). This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

Source: NVD

References

[NVD]https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45402
[Vendor advisory]https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-r472-mw7m-967f
[Vendor advisory]https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-r472-mw7m-967f

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