PYSEC-2026-2737 Open WebUI Arbitrary File Write, Delete via Path Traversal

CONFIDENTIAL Vulnerability Disclosure Analysis Documentation ----------------------------------------------- Vulnerability Details --------------------- 1. Discoverer: Taylor Pennington of KoreLogic, Inc. 2. Date Submitted: June 11, 2024 3. Title: Open WebUI Arbitrary File Write, Delete via Path...

Open WebUI's Improper Authorization in Standard Channels Allows Message Updates with Read Permission

Vulnerability DescriptionIn standard channels i.e., channels whose channel.type is neither group nor dm, the endpointPOST /api/v1/channels/channelid/messages/messageid/update can be accessed with read permission only.When accesscontrol is set to None, the authorization check hasaccess...,...

PraisonAI knowledge-store backends interpolate unvalidated collection names into SQL and CQL queries

SummaryPraisonAI exposes optional SQL/CQL-backed knowledge-store implementations that build table and index identifiers from unvalidated name and collection arguments. Applications that pass untrusted collection names into these backends can trigger SQL or CQL injection. DetailsThis issue affects...

PraisonAI's symlink-extraction bypass of `_safe_extractall` writes outside `dest_dir`

SummaryThe safeextractall helper that all recipe pull, recipe publish, and recipe unpack flows route through validates each archive member's name for absolute paths, .. segments, and resolved-path escape — but does not validate member.linkname, does not reject symlink/hardlink members, and calls...

PYSEC-2026-2948 PraisonAI has unsafe tool resolution in `ToolExecutionMixin.execute_tool`: undeclared `__main__` callables execute

Summary praisonaiagents resolves unresolved tool names against module globals and main after it fails to match the declared tool list and the registry. With the default agent configuration, permallow is None, so undeclared non-dangerous tool names are not rejected by the permission gate. An...

PYSEC-2026-2915 PraisonAI has unsafe tool resolution in `ToolExecutionMixin.execute_tool`: undeclared `__main__` callables execute

Summary praisonaiagents resolves unresolved tool names against module globals and main after it fails to match the declared tool list and the registry. With the default agent configuration, permallow is None, so undeclared non-dangerous tool names are not rejected by the permission gate. An...

PYSEC-2026-2909 PraisonAI's symlink-extraction bypass of `_safe_extractall` writes outside `dest_dir`

Summary The safeextractall helper that all recipe pull, recipe publish, and recipe unpack flows route through validates each archive member's name for absolute paths, .. segments, and resolved-path escape — but does not validate member.linkname, does not reject symlink/hardlink members, and calls...

PYSEC-2026-2904 PraisonAI ships and generates a legacy API server with authentication disabled by default, allowing unauthenticated workflow execution

Summary PraisonAI ships a legacy Flask API server with authentication disabled by default. When that server is used, any caller that can reach it can access /agents and trigger the configured agents.yaml workflow through /chat without providing a token. Details The vulnerable server is the shippe...

Open WebUI's Ollama Model Access Control Bypass via /api/generate, /api/embed, /api/embeddings, and /api/show

Ollama Model Access Control Bypass via /api/generate, /api/embed, /api/embeddings, and /api/show Affected ComponentOllama proxy endpoints missing model access control:- backend/openwebui/routers/ollama.py lines 955-995, generatecompletion- backend/openwebui/routers/ollama.py lines 835-881, embed-...

Open WebUI Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload and Path Traversal

CONFIDENTIAL KL-CAN-2024-002 Vulnerability Details| | Field | Value ||---|-------|-------|| 1 | Discoverer | Jaggar Henry & Sean Segreti of KoreLogic, Inc. || 2 | Date Submitted | 2024.03.12 || 3 | Title | Open WebUI Arbitrary File Upload + Path Traversal || 5 | Affected Vendor | Open WebUI || 6 ...

Open WebUI has Unauthorized File and Knowledge Base Content Access via RAG Vector Search

Unauthorized File and Knowledge Base Content Access via RAG Vector Search Affected ComponentRAG source resolution in chat completion pipeline:- backend/openwebui/retrieval/utils.py lines 963-965, 1063-1068, 1126-1131 in getsourcesfromitems Affected VersionsCurrent main branch commit 6fdd19bf1 and...

PYSEC-2026-2710 Open WebUI has Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite

Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite Affected Component Retrieval web/YouTube processing endpoints: - backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py lines 1810-1837, processweb - backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py the parallel processyoutube endpoint -...

PYSEC-2026-2754 Open WebUI's Ollama Model Access Control Bypass via /api/generate, /api/embed, /api/embeddings, and /api/show

Ollama Model Access Control Bypass via /api/generate, /api/embed, /api/embeddings, and /api/show Affected Component Ollama proxy endpoints missing model access control: - backend/openwebui/routers/ollama.py lines 955-995, generatecompletion - backend/openwebui/routers/ollama.py lines 835-881, emb...

PYSEC-2026-2707 Open WebUI vulnerable to Global Knowledge Base Enumeration via knowledge-bases Meta-Collection

Global Knowledge Base Enumeration via knowledge-bases Meta-Collection Affected Component Retrieval collection access validation: - backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py lines 2330-2355, validatecollectionaccess - backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py query endpoints, e.g. POST /query/doc Affect...

Open WebUI has Improper Authorization Control

CONFIDENTIAL Vulnerability Disclosure Analysis Documentation--- Vulnerability Details| | Field | Value ||---|-------|-------|| 1 | Discoverer | Taylor Pennington of KoreLogic, Inc. || 2 | Date Submitted | June 11, 2024 || 3 | Title | Open WebUI Improper Authorization Control || 5 | Affected Vendo...

Open WebUI's Model Import Overwrites Any Model Without Ownership Check

Model Import Overwrites Any Model Without Ownership Check Affected ComponentModel import endpoint:- backend/openwebui/routers/models.py lines 254-308, importmodels Affected VersionsCurrent main branch commit 6fdd19bf1 and likely all versions with model import functionality. DescriptionThe POST...

PYSEC-2026-2717 Open WebUI Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload and Path Traversal

CONFIDENTIAL KL-CAN-2024-002 Vulnerability Details | | Field | Value | |---|-------|-------| | 1 | Discoverer | Jaggar Henry & Sean Segreti of KoreLogic, Inc. | | 2 | Date Submitted | 2024.03.12 | | 3 | Title | Open WebUI Arbitrary File Upload + Path Traversal | | 5 | Affected Vendor | Open WebUI...

Open WebUI has Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite

Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite Affected ComponentRetrieval web/YouTube processing endpoints:- backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py lines 1810-1837, processweb- backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py the parallel processyoutube endpoint-...

PYSEC-2026-2703 Open WebUI has Improper Authorization Control

CONFIDENTIAL Vulnerability Disclosure Analysis Documentation --- Vulnerability Details | | Field | Value | |---|-------|-------| | 1 | Discoverer | Taylor Pennington of KoreLogic, Inc. | | 2 | Date Submitted | June 11, 2024 | | 3 | Title | Open WebUI Improper Authorization Control | | 5 | Affecte...

Open WebUI: Deactivated Channel Members Retain Full Access to Group/DM Channels

Deactivated Channel Members Retain Full Access to Group/DM Channels Affected ComponentChannel membership authorization check:- backend/openwebui/models/channels.py lines 663-673, isuserchannelmember- Used at 15 locations in backend/openwebui/routers/channels.py Affected VersionsCurrent main branc...