Vulnerability · Published May 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-44560Open WebUI: Unauthorized File and Knowledge Base Content Access via RAG Vector Search

Medium 6.5

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization in open-webui from open-webui. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 31% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 69.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the type: "file" (non-full-context), type: "text" with collection_name, and bare collection_name/collection_names paths in the get_sources_from_items function perform vector store queries without any authorization check, allowing users to extract content from files and knowledge bases they do not have access to. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
PyPI	open-webui	0.9.0	GHSA-h36f-rqpx-j5wx
PyPI	open-webui	0.9.0	PYSEC-2026-2729

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
open-webui	open-webui	< 0.9.0

Weakness: CWE-862 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-h36f-rqpx-j5wx x_refsource_CONFIRM