Open WebUI has a full SSRF Vulnerability in the RAG Web Search Feature

SSRF Bypass via IPv6/IPv4-mapped IPv6/IPv4-reserved-ranges in validateurl Summary validateurl in backend/openwebui/retrieval/web/utils.py calls validators.ipv6ip, private=True, but the validators library does NOT implement the private keyword for IPv6 — the call raises a ValidationError which is...

GHSA-4V7R-F4W8-8972 Open WebUI has a full SSRF Vulnerability in the RAG Web Search Feature

SSRF Bypass via IPv6/IPv4-mapped IPv6/IPv4-reserved-ranges in validateurl Summary validateurl in backend/openwebui/retrieval/web/utils.py calls validators.ipv6ip, private=True, but the validators library does NOT implement the private keyword for IPv6 — the call raises a ValidationError which is...

hubzoid (>=0.2.2 <=0.6.0), openwebui-token-tracking (>=0.1.7 <=0.1.10) +1 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-45317 via open-webui (>=0.6.0 <=0.8.8)

open-webui PYPI version =0.6.0, =0.2.2, =0.1.7, =0.1.0, =0.1.5 Source cves: CVE-2026-45317 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-J6W6-986J-2M2M...

Cross-site Request Forgery (CSRF)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Request Forgery CSRF through the getuserprofileimagebyid and getmodelprofileimage handlers in the profile image endpoints. An attacker can supply an external https profile image URL, causing the...

GHSA-J6W6-986J-2M2M 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...

hubzoid (>=0.2.2 <=0.6.0), openwebui-token-tracking (>=0.1.7 <=0.1.10) +1 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-45318 via open-webui (>=0.6.0 <=0.8.8)

open-webui PYPI version =0.6.0, =0.2.2, =0.1.7, =0.1.0, =0.1.5 Source cves: CVE-2026-45318 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-HCWP-82G6-8WXC...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS in the rendering of user-uploaded Office files as HTML using the Svelte @html directive without proper sanitization. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of oth...

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

Related advisory This 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...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization via the pinnotebyid process. An attacker can modify the ispinned status of a shared note without proper authorization by sending a POST request to the relevant endpoint while only havi...

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...

GHSA-JX2X-J75F-XQ3J 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...

hubzoid (>=0.2.2 <=0.6.0), openwebui-token-tracking (>=0.1.7 <=0.1.10) +1 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-45314 via open-webui (>=0.6.0 <=0.8.8)

open-webui PYPI version =0.6.0, =0.2.2, =0.1.7, =0.1.0, =0.1.5 Source cves: CVE-2026-45314 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-3856-3VXQ-M6FC...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the profileimageurl parameter in the webhook creation or update process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of the application by supplying a crafted SVG...

GHSA-3856-3VXQ-M6FC Open WebUI has XSS via SVG in /api/v1/channels/webhooks/{webhook_id}/profile/image

As part of our research on improving our AI pentest, we have uncovered the following issue in Open WebUI. We've manually verified and tided up the report, but you can also find the original agent finding at the bottom of this report. Summary The channel webhook create/update flow accepts arbitrar...

Reliance on File Name or Extension of Externally-Supplied File

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Reliance on File Name or Extension of Externally-Supplied File via the audio transcription upload process. An attacker can execute arbitrary JavaScript in the context of another user's session by uploading a...

hubzoid (>=0.2.2 <=0.6.0), openwebui-token-tracking (>=0.1.7 <=0.1.10) +1 more potentially affected by CVE-2026-45315 via open-webui (>=0.6.0 <=0.8.8)

open-webui PYPI version =0.6.0, =0.2.2, =0.1.7, =0.1.0, =0.1.5 Source cves: CVE-2026-45315 Source advisory: OSV:GHSA-M8F9-9WHG-F4XR...

GHSA-M8F9-9WHG-F4XR 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...

Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting XSS via the HTML rendering view. An attacker can execute arbitrary HTML or JavaScript in the user's context by injecting malicious scripts into embedded file in the chat that later shared...

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...

GHSA-4VRC-M9CH-6M3R 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...