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CVE-2026-70493

🗓️ 04 Aug 2026 20:56:20Reported by GitHub_MType 
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🔗 web.nvd.nist.gov👁 84 Views🌐 WEB

Authenticated users can stall a worker with a backtracking regex, causing pinning and downtime; fixed in 0.11.0.

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openwebuiopen_webuiRange0.9.6–0.11.0
[
  {
    "vendor": "open-webui",
    "product": "open-webui",
    "versions": [
      {
        "version": ">= 0.9.6, < 0.11.0",
        "status": "affected"
      }
    ]
  }
]
ParameterPositionPathDescriptionCWE
patternpathbackend/open_webui/tools/knowledge_fs.pyRegex pattern processing vulnerability in knowledge search: crafted patterns containing regex metacharacters are compiled with Python's backtracking engine and applied to file contents without a time limit, enabling CPU starvation/DoS on the affected worker.CWE-1333
patternpathbackend/open_webui/tools/builtin.pySame DoS vector exists in the built-in search path when user-provided regex patterns are evaluated against knowledge files, using backtracking regex engine without limits.CWE-1333

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18 Sep 2026 14:45Current
5.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.9
CVSS 3.16.5
EPSS0.00592
SSVC
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