Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 4, 2026
Open WebUI: Deletion of directories and file embeddings in other knowledge bases via sync cleanup
CVE-2026-70488
Description
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.0, the sync cleanup endpoint authorized write access to the knowledge base in the URL but then acted on directory and file ids supplied in the request body without checking that those objects belonged to that knowledge base. A user with write access to one knowledge base could delete directories and remove file embeddings from another knowledge base, causing documents to drop out of retrieval results and breaking chat-with-file for targeted documents without disclosing contents. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
open-webuiPyPI | >= 0.9.6, < 0.11.0 | 0.11.0 |
Affected products
1- Range: 0.9.6 - 0.11.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- github.com/advisories/GHSA-jxc9-xmc4-gr23ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/707efeaed7992dd9896d5928559458f228b9a539ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26722ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jxc9-xmc4-gr23ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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