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CVE-2024-7983· NVD / CVE Program· CNA @huntr_ai

Denial of Service in open-webui/open-webui

In version 0.3.8 of open-webui, an endpoint for converting markdown to HTML is exposed without authentication. A maliciously crafted markdown payload can cause the server to spend excessive time converting it, leading to a denial of service. The server becomes unresponsive to other requests until the conversion is complete.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.0—No exploit Fix available

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Published
Mar 20, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.9% · 57th percentile
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Report tools

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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.9%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · @huntr_ai
7.5
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

VendorProduct
openwebuiopen webui

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • openwebui open webui0.3.8

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (@huntr_ai). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • open-webui open-webui/open-webui

    • unspecified and later · up to and including latestaffected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIopen-webuiup to and including 0.3.8—
PyPIopen-webuibefore 0.5.130.5.13

Same product

openwebui: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-44566Open WebUI: Arbitrary File Upload and Path Traversal
    39Monitor
  • CVE-2026-56400open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-59216Open WebUI: Cross-user code-interpreter and tool execution via unvalidated Socket.IO event-caller session_id
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-59214Open WebUI: Stored web worker XSS via Pyodide
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2026-44551Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass
    36Monitor
  • CVE-2024-8017Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui
    36Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
PyPI:open-webui0.5.13Package 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.

EPSS, last 120 days

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.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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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.

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Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

  • CVE-2025-4657146 days apartOpen WebUI vulnerable to limited stored XSS vila uploaded html file
    21Monitor

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.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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