PYSEC-2026-2715 Open WebUI has a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) bypass in `validate_url`

Summary In the open-webui project, a parsing difference between the urlparse and requests libraries led to an SSRF bypass vulnerability. Details In the current project, URL validation is performed using the function validateurl. The current checking logic uses urlparse to parse the hostname part ...

Open WebUI Vulnerable to Unauthenticated RAG Configuration Disclosure

Vulnerability Type: Information Disclosure / Missing Authentication Severity: Medium Component: backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py — getstatus GET / Affected Endpoint: GET /api/v1/retrieval/ Affected Version: Open WebUI main branch — confirmed unpatched through v0.9.2 Authentication Required:...

PYSEC-2026-2705 Open WebUI has an IDOR vulnerability in the pin_channel_message API endpoint

Summary Pin/Unpin is a write operation modifies the message's ispinned , pinnedby, pinnedat fields, but in standard channels it only checks read permission, allowing users with read-only access to pin/unpin any message. Details...

PYSEC-2026-2767 Open WebUI has an IDOR vulnerability in the update_message_by_id API endpoint

Summary An IDOR vulnerability exists in the Channels feature of Open WebUI, allowing any channel member to modify messages sent by other members including administrators within the same channel. This vulnerability affects the latest version v0.8.12 of Open WebUI. Details In the updatemessagebyid...

PYSEC-2026-2741 Open WebUI Exposes System Prompt to Regular User [Non-Admin]

Summary A regular user non-admin can view the system prompt of the model which is set by an admin. Details When a regular user non-admin logs into the application, a http://IP:8080/api/models? web request is initiated by the application and in response, it reveals the system prompt of available...

Open WebUI: Read-Only Users Can Toggle Note Pin Status via Incorrect Permission Check (Write via Read-Only Access)

SummaryThe POST /api/v1/notes/id/pin endpoint performs a write operation toggling the ispinned field but only checks for read permission. Users with read-only access to a shared note can pin/unpin it, which is a state-modifying action that should require write permission. All other write endpoint...

Open WebUI has stored XSS via attacker-controlled file extension in /api/v1/audio/transcriptions

Summary The audio transcription upload endpoint takes the file extension from the user-supplied filename and saves the file under CACHEDIR/audio/transcriptions/.. The /cache/path route serves these files via FileResponse, which sets Content-Type from the on-disk extension and emits no...

Open WebUI's chat completion API allows tool restrictions to be bypassed

SummaryOpen WebUI v0.6.43 contains a vulnerability in its chat completion API, which allows attackers to bypass tool restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized actions or access. DetailsIn the chatcompletion API, the parameters toolids and toolservers are supplied by the user. These paramete...

Open WebUI has stored XSS via unsanitized Office/Excel/DOCX file preview rendering ({@html} without DOMPurify)

Related advisoryThis advisory tracks a regression of the original Excel-preview XSS that was publicly disclosed and patched under GHSA-jwf8-pv5p-vhmc patched in v0.8.0. The same root cause — XLSX.utils.sheettohtml output rendered via @html excelHtml without DOMPurify — was reintroduced sometime...

Open WebUI Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via Image URL Manipulation

SummaryAn application-wide Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRFvulnerability was found Open-WebUl's image uploading functionality. An attacker can set an image URL to a malicious endpoint, allowing them to perform actions on behalf of a victim user. Any authenticated user can exploit this vulnerabilit...

PYSEC-2026-2700 Open WebUI's chat completion API allows tool restrictions to be bypassed

Summary Open WebUI v0.6.43 contains a vulnerability in its chat completion API, which allows attackers to bypass tool restrictions, potentially enabling unauthorized actions or access. Details In the chatcompletion API, the parameters toolids and toolservers are supplied by the user. These...

Open WebUI has Broken Access Control for Completions API

SummaryAny user X can continue the conversation of any other user Y, as long as the Chat ID of Y is known. User X does not even need to be an admin to do so. DetailsA user just needs to use the API endpoint: /api/chat/completions with their own API key generated in OWUI and the Chat ID of another...

PYSEC-2026-2723 Open WebUI vulnerable to blind server side request forgery (SSRF) via the PDF generate function

Summary Blind server side request forgery SSRF via the PDF generate function. The finding resulted from a penetration test for a customer. It is suspected that the root cause of the issue lies within the core of Open WebUI, which is why it is being reported as a security issue here. Tested on Ope...

PYSEC-2026-2738 Open WebUI Vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) via Image URL Manipulation

Summary An application-wide Cross-Site Request Forgery CSRF vulnerability was found Open-WebUl's image uploading functionality. An attacker can set an image URL to a malicious endpoint, allowing them to perform actions on behalf of a victim user. Any authenticated user can exploit this...

Open WebUI vulnerable to blind server side request forgery (SSRF) via the PDF generate function

SummaryBlind server side request forgery SSRF via the PDF generate function. The finding resulted from a penetration test for a customer. It is suspected that the root cause of the issue lies within the core of Open WebUI, which is why it is being reported as a security issue here. Tested on Open...

Open WebUI missing authorization check at the model update function - models from other users can be updated

SummaryA user can modify another user's model even if its visibility is set to Private.The finding resulted from a penetration test for a customer. It is suspected that the root cause of the issue lies within the core of Open WebUI, which is why it is being reported as a security issue here. Test...

Open WebUI Vulnerable to SSRF via OAuth Profile Picture URL in _process_picture_url (oauth.py)

SummaryA Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF vulnerability exists in processpictureurl in backend/openwebui/utils/oauth.py line 1338. The function fetches arbitrary URLs from OAuth picture claims without applying validateurl, allowing an attacker to force the server to make HTTP requests to internal...

PYSEC-2026-2745 Open WebUI: Read-Only Users Can Toggle Note Pin Status via Incorrect Permission Check (Write via Read-Only Access)

Summary The POST /api/v1/notes/id/pin endpoint performs a write operation toggling the ispinned field but only checks for read permission. Users with read-only access to a shared note can pin/unpin it, which is a state-modifying action that should require write permission. All other write endpoin...

PYSEC-2026-2704 Open WebUI has stored XSS via the HTML renedering view

Summary Through the HTML rendering view, scripts can be injected and executed. The finding resulted from a penetration test for a customer. It is suspected that the root cause of the issue lies within the core of Open WebUI, which is why it is being reported as a security issue here. Tested on Op...

PYSEC-2026-2708 Open WebUI has Stored Cross-Site Scripting In Profile Picture

Summary The profileimageurl field on the user profile update form accepted arbitrary data: URI values without MIME-type validation. Two distinct attack paths were independently demonstrated by separate reporters: 1. data:text/html;base64,... in a new browser tab raresvis, 2025-04-17 — when a vict...