Vulnerability details

CVE-2026-44569

open-webui open-webui

Open WebUI: Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization

CVSS 3.1
7.1High

Official description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.6.19, there's an IDOR in the channels message management system that allows authenticated users to modify or delete any message within channels they have read access to. The vulnerability exists in the message update and delete endpoints, which implement channel-level authorization but completely lack message ownership validation. While the frontend correctly implements ownership checks (showing edit/delete buttons only for message owners or admins), the backend APIs bypass these protections by only validating channel access permissions without verifying that the requesting user owns the target message. This creates a client-side security control bypass where attackers can directly call the APIs to modify other users' messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.19.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.1High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (GitHub_M) CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
open-webui open-webui < 0.6.19 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2026-05-16
Last updated
2026-05-18
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.26%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
18.6%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
Proof of concept
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-862
    Missing Authorization