CVE-2026-44555
May 15, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
7.6
High
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, Open WebUI supports model composition via base_model_id: a user-defined model (e.g., "Cheap Assistant") can reference an existing base model (e.g., "gpt-4-turbo-restricted") that provides the actual inference capability. When a user queries the composed model, the access control pipeline verifies the user has access to the composed model but never re-verifies access to the chained base model. Additionally, the model creation and import endpoints accept arbitrary base_model_id values without checking that the caller has access to that base model. Combined, this allows any user with the default model creation permission to create a model that chains to a restricted base model — and then invoke it, causing the server to dispatch the request to the restricted base model using the admin-configured API key. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Product(s) Impacted
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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| Openwebui |
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Weaknesses
Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.
CWE-862
Missing Authorization
The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
*CPE(s)
Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language | Software Edition | Target Software | Target Hardware | Other Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| a | openwebui | open_webui | <0.9.0 | / | / | / | / | / | / | / |
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CVSS Score
CVSS Data - 3.1
- Attack Vector: NETWORK
- Attack Complexity: LOW
- Privileges Required: LOW
- Scope: UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
- Integrity Impact: LOW
- Availability Impact: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
Timeline
Published: May 15, 2026, 8:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 15, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Last Modified: May 15, 2026, 9:16 p.m.
Status : Received
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