Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, a path traversal vulnerability exists in open-webui's cache file serving endpoint that allows any authenticated user to read files from sibling directories outside the intended cache directory, by exploiting an incomplete startswith containment check that lacks a trailing path separator. The root cause is that serve_cache_file() in open_webui/main.py validates the resolved path with file_path.startswith(os.path.abspath(CACHE_DIR)) — without appending os.sep. This allows any path resolving to a sibling directory whose name begins with cache (e.g. cache_sibling, cache_backup, cached_models) to pass validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.6.
References
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| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c | Exploit Vendor Advisory Mitigation |
| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c | Exploit Vendor Advisory Mitigation |
Configurations
History
25 Jun 2026, 14:36
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Openwebui open Webui
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| References | () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c - Exploit, Vendor Advisory, Mitigation | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
24 Jun 2026, 14:17
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| References | () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c - |
23 Jun 2026, 18:18
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Information
Published : 2026-06-23 18:18
Updated : 2026-06-25 14:36
NVD link : CVE-2026-54014
Mitre link : CVE-2026-54014
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-54014
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Products Affected
openwebui
- open_webui
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
