CVE-2026-87998 PUBLISHED

Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 09.09.2026 Published: 09.09.2026 Updated: 09.09.2026

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.1, DELETE /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/delete in backend/open_webui/routers/knowledge.py authorized deletion against the knowledge base but then removed its administrator-owned external connection without a separate administrator check or a check for other dependent knowledge bases. A non-administrator with write access to one external knowledge base could delete shared instance configuration and make every other knowledge base using that connection unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
CVSS Score: 7.1

Product Status

Vendor open-webui
Product open-webui
Versions
  • Version >= 0.10.0, < 0.11.1 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management CWE
  • CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization CWE