Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, the tool update endpoint (POST /api/v1/tools/id/{id}/update) is missing the workspace.tools permission check that is present on the tool create endpoint. This allows a user who has been explicitly denied tool management capabilities ( and who the administrator considers untrusted for code execution ) to replace a tool's server-side Python content and trigger execution, bypassing the intended workspace.tools security boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.
Advisories
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Github GHSA |
GHSA-p4fx-23fq-jfg6 | Open WebUI: Missing `workspace.tools` Authorization Check on Tool Update Endpoint Allows Privilege Escalation to Code Execution |
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| Description | Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, the tool update endpoint (POST /api/v1/tools/id/{id}/update) is missing the workspace.tools permission check that is present on the tool create endpoint. This allows a user who has been explicitly denied tool management capabilities ( and who the administrator considers untrusted for code execution ) to replace a tool's server-side Python content and trigger execution, bypassing the intended workspace.tools security boundary. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5. | |
| Title | Open WebUI: Missing `workspace.tools` Authorization Check on Tool Update Endpoint Allows Privilege Escalation to Code Execution | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-269 CWE-862 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-05-15T20:33:02.252Z
Reserved: 2026-05-12T01:48:40.450Z
Link: CVE-2026-45395
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-05-15T21:16:37.450
Modified: 2026-05-15T21:16:37.450
Link: CVE-2026-45395
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-05-15T21:30:08Z
Github GHSA