CVE-2026-45401

HIGH EPSS 21.6%
Published May 15, 20261mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
8.5 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published May 15, 2026 1mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, the validate_url() function in backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py only validates the initial URL submitted by the caller. The HTTP clients used downstream (sync requests, async aiohttp, langchain's WebBaseLoader) follow HTTP 3xx redirects by default and do not re-validate the redirect target against the private-IP / metadata-IP block list. Any authenticated user can therefore submit a public URL that 302-redirects to an internal address (e.g. 127.0.0.1, 169.254.169.254, RFC1918) and read the internal response body via the /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint, the /api/v1/images/... endpoints, the /api/chat/completions endpoint with an image_url content part, and any other route that calls these helpers. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.5
Exploitability
3.1
Impact
4.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Changed
Confidentiality High
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
21.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Validation

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
openwebuiopen_webui* <0.9.5

References 1

  • github.com https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6
    ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory

Remediation

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