Open WebUI: Deletion of directories and file embeddings in other knowledge bases via sync cleanup

Summary A user with write access to one knowledge base could delete directories, and drop file embeddings, belonging to knowledge bases they do not control. The sync cleanup endpoint verified write access on the knowledge base named in the URL and then acted on the directory and file ids supplied...

CVE-2026-70488

CVE-2026-70488 – Open WebUI : In Open WebUI builds from 0.9.6 to 0.11.0, the sync cleanup endpoint (POST /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/sync/cleanup) did not properly constrain actions to the target knowledge base. The handler authenticated write access via the URL knowledge base, then acted on directory...