Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the ydoc:document:update Socket.IO event handler checks whether the sender is a member of the document's Socket.IO room (line 678) but does not verify that the sender has write permission. Users with read-only access join the document room via ydoc:document:join, which only requires read permission (line 520). Once in the room, the user can emit ydoc:document:update events that modify the in-memory Yjs document state and are broadcast to all other collaborators in real time. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-vrfh-rj4q-rmhr Read-Only Open WebUI Users Can Modify Collaborative Documents via Socket.IO
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Fri, 15 May 2026 20:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui
Vendors & Products Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the ydoc:document:update Socket.IO event handler checks whether the sender is a member of the document's Socket.IO room (line 678) but does not verify that the sender has write permission. Users with read-only access join the document room via ydoc:document:join, which only requires read permission (line 520). Once in the room, the user can emit ydoc:document:update events that modify the in-memory Yjs document state and are broadcast to all other collaborators in real time. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Title Open WebUI: Read-Only Users Can Modify Collaborative Documents via Socket.IO
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T19:26:24.625Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T20:59:00.595Z

Link: CVE-2026-44564

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T20:16:48.130

Modified: 2026-05-15T20:16:48.130

Link: CVE-2026-44564

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:30:05Z

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