GHSA-R29H-37FJ-X2W6 Open WebUI Has Stored Cross-Site Scripting in SVG Renderer

Summary There is a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in Open WebUI SVG renderer implementation. Details It is possible permanently save any HTML/JavaScript code in the application, which can be then executed in the context of the application domain. This behaviour can be used to extract and stea...

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

Summary A 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...

Improper Authorization

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Authorization in the model update process. An attacker can modify resources belonging to other users by sending crafted requests that bypass intended access controls. Remediation Upgrade open-webui t...

GHSA-GM54-M39W-GRJP Open WebUI missing authorization check at the model update function - models from other users can be updated

Summary A 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...

Incorrect Authorization

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Incorrect Authorization in the authentication process when API keys are supplied via the x-api-key header instead of the Authorization header. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to restricted API...

GHSA-57Q6-FVP4-PQMM Open WebUI's API key endpoint restrictions bypassed via `x-api-key` header — full message processing on restricted endpoints

Summary Open WebUI allows admins to restrict which API endpoints an API key can access. When an API key is restricted from /api/v1/messages, requests using the Authorization: Bearer sk-... header are correctly blocked with 403. However, the same key sent via the x-api-key header bypasses the...

Open WebUI's API key endpoint restrictions bypassed via `x-api-key` header — full message processing on restricted endpoints

Summary Open WebUI allows admins to restrict which API endpoints an API key can access. When an API key is restricted from /api/v1/messages, requests using the Authorization: Bearer sk-... header are correctly blocked with 403. However, the same key sent via the x-api-key header bypasses the...

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery SSRF through the OAuthManager profile picture fetch path in the OAuth handling code. An attacker can make the server send outbound requests to arbitrary URLs by supplying a malicio...

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

Summary A 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 interna...

GHSA-24C9-2M8Q-QHMH Open WebUI Vulnerable to SSRF via OAuth Profile Picture URL in _process_picture_url (oauth.py)

Summary A 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 interna...

Server-side Request Forgery (SSRF)

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Server-side Request Forgery SSRF through the validateurl function in the URL validation component. An attacker can bypass private-address checks by supplying a hostname that resolves to a private IPv6 address...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...