PYSEC-2026-2738 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...

PYSEC-2026-2727 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...

PYSEC-2026-2723 Open WebUI vulnerable to blind server side request forgery (SSRF) via the PDF generate function

Summary Blind server side request forgery SSRF via the PDF generate function. 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 Ope...

PYSEC-2026-2745 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 has stored XSS via the HTML renedering view

SummaryThrough 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 Ope...

PYSEC-2026-2708 Open WebUI has Stored Cross-Site Scripting In Profile Picture

Summary The profileimageurl field on the user profile update form accepted arbitrary data: URI values without MIME-type validation. Two distinct attack paths were independently demonstrated by separate reporters: 1. data:text/html;base64,... in a new browser tab raresvis, 2025-04-17 — when a vict...

PYSEC-2026-2704 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...

PYSEC-2026-2470 ethyca-fides has a DOM-based XSS vulnerability in fides.js via fides_description override

Summary fides.js is the script that renders Fides's consent banner on customer websites. It lets the embedding page override the banner's description text at runtime via a URL query parameter, a JavaScript global, or a cookie. On sites that have opted into HTML-formatted descriptions, the...

pgAdmin 4 File Manager has symbolic-link path traversal

Symbolic-link path traversal CWE-61, CWE-22 in pgAdmin 4 File Manager.checkaccesspermission used os.path.abspath, which resolves '..' but does not resolve symbolic links, while the subsequent kernel write follows symlinks. An authenticated user could plant a symbolic link inside their own storage...

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, 20243. Title: Open WebUI Arbitrary File Write, Delete via Path...

PYSEC-2026-2746 Open WebUI's Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization

Description There's an IDOR in the channels message management system that allows authenticated users to modify or delete any message within channels they have read access to. The vulnerability exists in the message update and delete endpoints, which implement channel-level authorization but...

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: 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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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-2026-2729 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-2026-2707 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...