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CVE-2026-44554

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Summary

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the POST /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint accepts a user-supplied collection_name and an overwrite query parameter (default: True). It performs no authorization check on whether the calling user owns or has write access to the target collection. When overwrite=True, save_docs_to_vector_db calls VECTOR_DB_CLIENT.delete_collection() on the target collection before writing new co

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the POST /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint accepts a user-supplied collection_name and an overwrite query parameter (default: True). It performs no authorization check on whether the calling user owns or has write access to the target collection. When overwrite=True, save_docs_to_vector_db calls VECTOR_DB_CLIENT.delete_collection() on the target collection before writing new content. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

CVSS Score
8.1
High
EPSS Score
0.0
Exploit Probability
Published Date
2026-05-15
First Seen: 2026-05-17
📊 Relative Risk Intelligence

This CVE is High Risk - more severe than 76.7% of all 360,791 vulnerabilities in our database.

#84,155
Top 25% most severe
Severity Percentile
🎯 CISA SSVC Assessment Updated: May 15, 2026
🔍 Exploitation Status
None
No known exploits
⚙️ Automatable
NO
Requires human interaction
💥 Technical Impact
Total
Complete system compromise possible
SSVC data provided by CISA
Last Modified 2026-05-19
Source NVD 🔗
CVSS Vector 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CWE IDs (Weakness Types)
CWE-862

📦 Affected Products 1

Vendor Product Status Affected Versions
openwebui open_webui Affected
< 0.9.0

🔗 References 1

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/ad...
Exploit Vendor Advisory

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