PYSEC-2026-2761 Open WebUI: Forged model meta.knowledge allows cross-user file read and deletion

Summary Open WebUI lets a user who can create, update, or import workspace models store arbitrary meta.knowledge entries on their model without checking whether they own or can read the referenced files. Open WebUI then treats meta.knowledge entries of type file as an authorization source in two...

PYSEC-2026-2757 Open WebUI: Stored XSS to Account Takeover via Model Profile Images

Stored XSS to Account Takeover via Model Profile Images in Open WebUI Affected: Open WebUI tags. On the output side, users.py added a MIME allowlist check and X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff. The fix was applied to UserUpdateForm, UpdateProfileForm, and later to ChannelWebhookForm. Three models...

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...

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...

CVE-2026-54013

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, Open WebUI patched SVG XSS in user profile images and webhook profile images but forgot to apply the same fix to model profile images. The ModelMeta class has no...

CVE-2026-54013

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, Open WebUI patched SVG XSS in user profile images and webhook profile images but forgot to apply the same fix to model profile images. The ModelMeta class has no...

CVE-2026-54013 Open WebUI: Stored XSS to Account Takeover via Model Profile Images in Open WebUI

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, Open WebUI patched SVG XSS in user profile images and webhook profile images but forgot to apply the same fix to model profile images. The ModelMeta class has no...

GHSA-V2QM-5WXJ-QHJ7 Open WebUI: Stored XSS to Account Takeover via Model Profile Images

Stored XSS to Account Takeover via Model Profile Images in Open WebUI Affected: Open WebUI tags. On the output side, users.py added a MIME allowlist check and X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff. The fix was applied to UserUpdateForm, UpdateProfileForm, and later to ChannelWebhookForm. Three models...

GHSA-VJQM-6GCC-62CR Open WebUI: Forged model meta.knowledge allows cross-user file read and deletion

Summary Open WebUI lets a user who can create, update, or import workspace models store arbitrary meta.knowledge entries on their model without checking whether they own or can read the referenced files. Open WebUI then treats meta.knowledge entries of type file as an authorization source in two...

CVE-2026-44721 Open WebUI: Stored XSS via Model Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, a stored cross-site scripting XSS vulnerability that allows any authenticated user with model creation permission workspace.models to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of a...

Open WebUI: Sharing models for others to use (read permission) also exposes model details (system prompt leakage)

Summary When setting model permissions so that a group has read access to it, intending for other users to use it, those users also can read the model's system prompt. However users may consider their system prompt confidential, so we consider this a security issue. Compare...

Missing Authorization

Overview open-webui is an Open WebUI Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Missing Authorization through the importmodels process. An attacker can overwrite existing models owned by other users, modify their configuration, and escalate access by submitting crafted payloads to the...