PYSEC-2026-2726 Open WebUI has Broken Access Control for Completions API

Summary Any user X can continue the conversation of any other user Y, as long as the Chat ID of Y is known. User X does not even need to be an admin to do so. Details A user just needs to use the API endpoint: /api/chat/completions with their own API key generated in OWUI and the Chat ID of anoth...

PYSEC-2026-3420 wger: Privilege escalation via trainer-login session chaining allows gym trainer to impersonate gym manager

Summary A gym trainer can escalate their session to any higher-privileged account gym manager, general manager by chaining two calls to the trainer-login endpoint. Once a trainer performs a legitimate switch into a low-privileged user, the session flag trainer.identity is set and this flag alone...

wger: Privilege escalation via trainer-login session chaining allows gym trainer to impersonate gym manager

SummaryA gym trainer can escalate their session to any higher-privileged account gym manager, general manager by chaining two calls to the trainer-login endpoint. Once a trainer performs a legitimate switch into a low-privileged user, the session flag trainer.identityis set and this flag alone...

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-2026-2737 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 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 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-...

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-2026-2744 Open WebUI has stored XSS in Excel file preview

Summary Excel 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. Details The...

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...

PYSEC-2026-2762 Read-Only Open WebUI Users Can Modify Collaborative Documents via Socket.IO

Read-Only Users Can Modify Collaborative Documents via Socket.IO Affected Component Socket.IO collaborative document editing handler: - backend/openwebui/socket/main.py lines 667-721, ydoc:document:update handler Affected Versions Current main branch and likely all versions with collaborative not...

PYSEC-2026-2711 Open WebUI's Channel Access Grants Bypass filter_allowed_access_grants

Channel Access Grants Bypass filterallowedaccessgrants Affected Component Channel 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...

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

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

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...

PYSEC-2026-2749 Open WebUI's Model Import Overwrites Any Model Without Ownership Check

Model Import Overwrites Any Model Without Ownership Check Affected Component Model import endpoint: - backend/openwebui/routers/models.py lines 254-308, importmodels Affected Versions Current main branch commit 6fdd19bf1 and likely all versions with model import functionality. Description The POS...

PYSEC-2026-2720 Open WebUI Missing Access Check on Channel Members Endpoint for Standard Channels

Missing Access Check on Channel Members Endpoint for Standard Channels Affected Component Channel members listing endpoint: - backend/openwebui/routers/channels.py lines 445-507, getchannelmembersbyid Affected Versions Current main branch and likely all versions with the channels feature...

Open WebUI's Base Model Routing Bypasses Access Control via Model Chaining

Base Model Routing Bypasses Access Control via Model Chaining Affected ComponentModel 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 mode...

misp-modules has nsafe remote resource fetching in expansion

An unsafe remote resource fetching vulnerability existed in MISP Modules expansion modules. The htmltomarkdown module accepted arbitrary HTTPS URLs without sufficient validation, which could allow Server-Side Request Forgery against loopback, private, or link-local network resources. Additionally...

Granian vulnerable to DoS via WSGI response header panic

SummaryGranian aborts a worker process if a WSGI application returns an invalid HTTP response header name or value. The WSGI response conversion path uses .unwrap on both the header name and header value constructors, so malformed output from the application becomes a process abort instead of a...