Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, _validate_collection_access() checks the user-memory-* and file-* collection name prefixes but does not check knowledge base collections, which use raw UUIDs as collection names. Any authenticated user who knows a private knowledge base UUID can read its content through the retrieval query endpoints, even though the knowledge API correctly denies that user access. The same gap affects the retrieval write endpoints (/process/text, /process/file, /process/files/batch, /process/web, /process/youtube), allowing an attacker to inject content into or overwrite another user's knowledge base. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4g37-7p2c-38r9 Open WebUI Vulnerable to IDOR: Retrieval API Bypasses Knowledge Base Access Controls
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Fri, 15 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-webui
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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, _validate_collection_access() checks the user-memory-* and file-* collection name prefixes but does not check knowledge base collections, which use raw UUIDs as collection names. Any authenticated user who knows a private knowledge base UUID can read its content through the retrieval query endpoints, even though the knowledge API correctly denies that user access. The same gap affects the retrieval write endpoints (/process/text, /process/file, /process/files/batch, /process/web, /process/youtube), allowing an attacker to inject content into or overwrite another user's knowledge base. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.
Title Open WebUI: IDOR - Retrieval API Bypasses Knowledge Base Access Controls
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:35:35.482Z

Reserved: 2026-05-12T01:48:40.451Z

Link: CVE-2026-45398

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T21:16:37.863

Modified: 2026-05-15T21:16:37.863

Link: CVE-2026-45398

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:30:06Z

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