CVE-2026-59212

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 before 0.10.0, _verify_knowledge_file_access only checked read access while file write and delete routes later trusted object-derived access through writable model meta.knowledge entries, allowing a user with read-only knowledge file access to upgrade to file write or delete operations. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.

CVSS v3 5.4 MEDIUM

5.4^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 2.5

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact LOW

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/17df0264929514599dbcb21c6578bcdfa204b04d	Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26032	Issue Tracking Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.10.0	Product Release Notes
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-2xwm-4h2q-ggfx	Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:0.9.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-07-09 17:17

Updated : 2026-07-10 19:59

NVD link : CVE-2026-59212

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59212

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59212

JSON object : View

Products Affected

openwebui

open_webui

CWE

CWE-863

Incorrect Authorization

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