CVE-2026-70494

Open WebUI vulnerability CVE-2026-70494 affects versions 0.10.0–0.11.0 where the DELETE /api/v1/folders/{id} handler allowed a collaborator with write access to a shared folder to permanently delete chats/messages of the folder owner. The issue arises because the subfolder check accepted any inhe...

CVE-2026-70494 Open WebUI: A folder write-collaborator can permanently delete the owner's chats by deleting a shared subfolder

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, the DELETE /api/v1/folders/id handler in backend/openwebui/routers/folders.py allowed a user granted write access to a shared chat folder to permanently delete chats and messages...