CVE 8.1 HIGH

Open WebUI: Stale Admin Role in Socket.IO Session Pool Enables Post-Demotion Cross-User Note Access_CVE-2026-44553

8.1 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, administrative role changes and user deletions do not iterate SESSION_POOL to disconnect affected sessions. As a result, a user whose admin role has been revoked retains admin privileges within their existing Socket.IO session for as long as they keep the connection alive (via automatic heartbeats). The gap is exclusive to the Socket.IO session cache. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-44553
Source GitHub_M
Published May 15, 2026 at 19:54
Modified May 15, 2026 at 20:23

Affected Product

Vendor open-webui
Product open-webui
Version < 0.9.0
Affected Versions open-webui open-webui < 0.9.0

CWE Classification

References

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