CVE-2026-70493

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.0, the built-in knowledge search path in backend/open_webui/tools/knowledge_fs.py and backend/open_webui/tools/builtin.py let a chat participant choose a pattern used to grep knowledge files. Patterns containing regex metacharacters were compiled with Python's backtracking re engine and run against every line of every reachable file with no time limit, so a crafted pattern such as (x|x)*y and one matching uploaded file line can pin one CPU core and block the event loop. This causes availability impact for every other user of the affected worker. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Configurations

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

History

18 Sep 2026, 14:45

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
CPE cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/3ab2026262ef6f09810e4d235c5f9a9cb903e595 - () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/3ab2026262ef6f09810e4d235c5f9a9cb903e595 - Patch
References () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/27471 - () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/27471 - Patch, Vendor Advisory
References () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0 - () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-2f54-p244-32q6 - () https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-2f54-p244-32q6 - Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2026-08-04 21:16

Updated : 2026-09-18 14:45


NVD link : CVE-2026-70493

Mitre link : CVE-2026-70493

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-70493


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Products Affected

openwebui

  • open_webui
CWE
CWE-1333

Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity