CVE 7.5 HIGH

Open WebUI: IDOR – Retrieval API Bypasses Knowledge Base Access Controls_CVE-2026-45398

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-45398
Source GitHub_M
Published May 15, 2026 at 20:35

Affected Product

Vendor open-webui
Product open-webui
Version < 0.9.5
Affected Versions open-webui open-webui < 0.9.5

CWE Classification

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