CVE-2026-70488 PUBLISHED

Open WebUI: Deletion of directories and file embeddings in other knowledge bases via sync cleanup

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 04.08.2026 Published: 04.08.2026 Updated: 05.08.2026

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.0, the sync cleanup endpoint authorized write access to the knowledge base in the URL but then acted on directory and file ids supplied in the request body without checking that those objects belonged to that knowledge base. A user with write access to one knowledge base could delete directories and remove file embeddings from another knowledge base, causing documents to drop out of retrieval results and breaking chat-with-file for targeted documents without disclosing contents. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS Score: 4.3

Product Status

Vendor open-webui
Product open-webui
Versions
  • Version >= 0.9.6, < 0.11.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE