Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, Open WebUI supports model composition via base_model_id: a user-defined model (e.g., "Cheap Assistant") can reference an existing base model (e.g., "gpt-4-turbo-restricted") that provides the actual inference capability. When a user queries the composed model, the access control pipeline verifies the user has access to the composed model but never re-verifies access to the chained base model. Additionally, the model creation and import endpoints accept arbitrary base_model_id values without checking that the caller has access to that base model. Combined, this allows any user with the default model creation permission to create a model that chains to a restricted base model — and then invoke it, causing the server to dispatch the request to the restricted base model using the admin-configured API key. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
References
| Link | Resource |
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| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-9vvh-qmjx-p4q8 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-9vvh-qmjx-p4q8 | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
19 May 2026, 03:12
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Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui |
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| References | () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-9vvh-qmjx-p4q8 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
15 May 2026, 21:16
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| References | () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-9vvh-qmjx-p4q8 - |
15 May 2026, 20:16
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-05-15 20:16
Updated : 2026-05-19 03:12
NVD link : CVE-2026-44555
Mitre link : CVE-2026-44555
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-44555
JSON object : View
Products Affected
openwebui
- open_webui
CWE
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
