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CVE-2026-45401: Open WebUI: SSRF Bypass via HTTP Redirect Following in Web-Fetch and Image-Load Endpoints

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 34/100)

  • Public proof-of-concept code exists (GitHub); there is no record of exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.30% (FIRST EPSS).
  • 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.
  • Fixed version: open-webui open-webui 0.9.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to open-webui open-webui 0.9.5 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, the validate_url() function in backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py only validates the initial URL submitted by the caller. The HTTP clients used downstream (sync requests, async aiohttp, langchain's WebBaseLoader) follow HTTP 3xx redirects by default and do not re-validate the redirect target against the private-IP / metadata-IP block list. Any authenticated user can therefore submit a public URL that 302-redirects to an internal address (e.g. 127.0.0.1, 169.254.169.254, RFC1918) and read the internal response body via the /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint, the /api/v1/images/... endpoints, the /api/chat/completions endpoint with an image_url content part, and any other route that calls these helpers. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

HighCVSS 8.5 · v3.1—Proof of concept Fix available
Published
May 15, 2026
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 22th percentile

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Action score

34

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
34 / 40 · 8.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.5
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Affected systems

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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 webuibefore 0.9.5

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

    • < 0.9.5affected

Package-level exposure

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

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
PyPIopen-webuibefore 0.9.50.9.5

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

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-45398May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: IDOR - Retrieval API Bypasses Knowledge Base Access Controls
    30Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-45400May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) bypass in `validate_url`
    34Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-45402May 15, 2026 · Open WebUI: Cross-User File Access via Unchecked file_id in Folder Knowledge and Knowledge-Base Attach Endpoints
    32Monitor

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
open-webui open-webui0.9.5 · descriptionVendor (CNA)
PyPI:open-webui0.9.5Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

Proof of concept available

A public proof of concept or detection signature exists. Exploit knowledge is out there; don't delay patching.

Evidence

  • Proof-of-concept repository on GitHub ×1

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Public exploit evidence
SourceKindDate
Proof-of-concept repository on GitHubstars:12026-05-26

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.

  1. Published
  2. First PoC+10 d
  3. TodayOct 27, 2026+164 d
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

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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.

  • CVE-2026-453310 days apartOpen WebUI: Full SSRF Vulnerability in the RAG Web Search Feature
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-454000 days apartOpen WebUI: Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) bypass in `validate_url`
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-5400839 days apartOpen WebUI: Redirect-Bypass SSRF in OAuth `_process_picture_url`
    34Monitor
  • CVE-2026-453380 days apartOpen WebUI: SSRF via OAuth Profile Picture URL in _process_picture_url (oauth.py)
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-5401839 days apartOpen WebUI: SSRF Protection Bypass in Playwright Web Loader via HTTP Redirects
    30Monitor
  • CVE-2026-7047981 days apartOpen WebUI: SSRF into internal services via unvalidated sub-resource requests in the Playwright web loader
    30Monitor

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-2026-453970 days apartOpen WebUI: Unauthenticated RAG Configuration Disclosure
    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.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
low · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none

Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
Low
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-918 · Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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ATT&CK techniques

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