Open WebUI: A folder write-collaborator can permanently delete the owner's chats by deleting a shared subfolder
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, the DELETE /api/v1/folders/{id} handler in backend/open_webui/routers/folders.py allowed a user granted write access to a shared chat folder to permanently delete chats and messages belonging to the folder owner. The cascade following the authorization check is bound to the folder owner's id, but the subfolder check accepted any inherited write grant instead of requiring ownership or administrator status. A collaborator can destroy the owner's subtree or force-move chats out of it when delete_contents=false. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
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- Aug 4, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 18, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 44th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
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Report tools
Action score
32
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 8.1
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| openwebui | open webui | cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- openwebui open webui0.10.0 and later · before 0.11.0
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
open-webui open-webui
- >= 0.10.0, < 0.11.0affected
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | open-webui | from 0.10.0 · before 0.11.0 | 0.11.0 |
Same product
openwebui: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-44566Open WebUI: Arbitrary File Upload and Path Traversal39Monitor
- CVE-2026-56400open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation36Monitor
- CVE-2026-59216Open WebUI: Cross-user code-interpreter and tool execution via unvalidated Socket.IO event-caller session_id36Monitor
- CVE-2026-59214Open WebUI: Stored web worker XSS via Pyodide36Monitor
- CVE-2026-44551Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass36Monitor
- CVE-2024-8017Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui36Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| open-webui open-webui | 0.11.0 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| PyPI:open-webui | 0.11.0 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-7043502 days apartImproper Access Control in open-webui/open-webui35Monitor
- CVE-2026-4455481 days apartOpen WebUI: Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite32Monitor
- CVE-2026-29070131 days apartOpen WebUI has unauthorized deletion of knowledge files32Monitor
- CVE-2026-4455581 days apartOpen WebUI: Base Model Routing Bypasses Access Control via Model Chaining30Monitor
- CVE-2026-4456981 days apartOpen WebUI: Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization28Monitor
- CVE-2026-4535081 days apartOpen WebUI: Chat completion API allows tool restrictions to be bypassed28Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
nvd-secondary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/915ef7d0798d3175819cedbb2f62d7bf0db78c98
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/27003
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-3cg5-48j3-v4gv
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.