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...

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...

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 stored XSS in Excel file preview

SummaryExcel file attachments are previewed in an unsafe way. A crafted XLSX file payload can be used to cause the sheetjs function sheettohtml to embed an XSS payload into the generated HTML. This is subsequently added to the DOM unsanitized via @html causing the payload to trigger. DetailsThe...

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...

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's Channel Access Grants Bypass filter_allowed_access_grants

Channel Access Grants Bypass filterallowedaccessgrants Affected ComponentChannel creation and update endpoints:- backend/openwebui/routers/channels.py lines 291-340, createnewchannel- backend/openwebui/routers/channels.py lines 617-638, updatechannelbyid- backend/openwebui/models/channels.py line...

PYSEC-2026-2729 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 Component RAG source resolution in chat completion pipeline: - backend/openwebui/retrieval/utils.py lines 963-965, 1063-1068, 1126-1131 in getsourcesfromitems Affected Versions Current main branch commit 6fdd19bf1...

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: Redis Cache Keys tool_servers and terminal_servers Missing Instance Prefix Enable Cross-Instance Cache Poisoning

Redis Cache Keys toolservers and terminalservers Missing Instance Prefix Enable Cross-Instance Cache Poisoning Affected ComponentTool server and terminal server Redis cache:- backend/openwebui/utils/tools.py line 841, toolservers SET- backend/openwebui/utils/tools.py line 850, toolservers GET-...

PYSEC-2026-2734 Open WebUI's responses passthrough endpoint lacks access control authorization

Summary The /responses endpoint in the OpenAI router accepts any authenticated user and forwards requests directly to upstream LLM providers without enforcing per-model access control. While the primary chat completion endpoint generatechatcompletion checks model ownership, group membership, and...

PYSEC-2026-2719 Open WebUI's Base Model Routing Bypasses Access Control via Model Chaining

Base Model Routing Bypasses Access Control via Model Chaining Affected Component Model chaining via basemodelid: - backend/openwebui/routers/models.py lines 170-214, createnewmodel - backend/openwebui/routers/models.py lines 254-308, importmodels - backend/openwebui/main.py lines 1696-1711, base...

Open WebUI has Broken Access Control in Tool Valves

Summary Broken Access Control in Tool ValvesOpen WebUI supports function calling through "Tools". Function calling allows an LLM to reliably connect to external tools and interact with external APIs. Exemplary use-cases include connecting to an internal knowledge base, retrieving emails from an...

PYSEC-2026-2709 Open WebUI has Broken Access Control in Tool Valves

Summary Broken Access Control in Tool Valves Open WebUI supports function calling through "Tools". Function calling allows an LLM to reliably connect to external tools and interact with external APIs. Exemplary use-cases include connecting to an internal knowledge base, retrieving emails from an...

Open WebUI's Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) allows access to other users' memories

SummaryAny authenticated user can read other users' private memories via /api/v1/retrieval/query/collection DetailsVulnerability 1: Missing authorization in collection queryingIn backend/openwebui/routers/retrieval.py, the querycollectionhandler function accepts a list of collectionnames but...

PYSEC-2026-2764 Open WebUI vulnerable to Path Traversal in `POST /api/v1/audio/transcriptions`

Summary An unsanitised filename field in the speech-to-text transcription endpoint allows any authenticated non-admin user to trigger a FileNotFoundError whose message — including the server's absolute DATADIR path — is returned verbatim in the HTTP 400 response body, confirming information...

PT-2026-59336

Summary A Server-Side Request Forgery SSRF vulnerability exists in process picture url in backend/open webui/utils/oauth.py line 1338. The function fetches arbitrary URLs from OAuth picture claims without applying validate url, allowing an attacker to force the server to make HTTP requests to...

PT-2026-59380

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...

The vulnerability of the Open WebUI web interface, related to the lack of permission checking, allows a violator to gain read access, modify data, and increase their privileges.

The vulnerability of the Open WebUI web interface relates to the lack of permission checking for workspace.models.import. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an attacker, operating remotely, to gain read access, modify data, and enhance their privileges by sending a specially crafted POST...

The vulnerability of the filter_allowed_access_grants() function in the Open WebUI artificial intelligence-based web interface, which allows a violator to increase their privileges

The vulnerability of the filterallowedaccessgrants function in the Open WebUI AI-based web interface is related to the lack of authorization during the processing of the final endpoint /api/v1/channels/id/members. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a malicious actor to increase their...