Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-44569
Open WebUI: Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization
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
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | open-webui | < 0.6.19 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
1- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jxwr-g6r6-j3fx x_refsource_CONFIRM
Details
- Published
- 2026-05-16
- Last updated
- 2026-05-18
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- GitHub_M
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-862Missing Authorization