CVE-2026-44557
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the _validate_collection_access function uses an incomplete allowlist that only enforces ownership checks for collections matching user-memory-* and file-* patterns. All other collection names pass through unchecked — including the system-level knowledge-bases meta-collection, which stores the IDs, names, and descriptions of every knowledge base on the instance. Any authenticated user can query this meta-collection directly via the retrieval query endpoints to obtain a global index of all knowledge bases across all users. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
open-webuiPyPI | < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 |
Affected products
2<= 0.8.12+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: <= 0.8.12
- cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <0.9.0
Patches
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References
3- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-6c2x-gcp3-gp73nvdExploitVendor AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-6c2x-gcp3-gp73ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44557ghsaADVISORY
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