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.
CVE-2026-70488
This medium-severity CVE scores 4.3 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 88% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 4.3
- EG Score
- 4.3(medium)
- EG Risk
- 19(Track)EG Risk 19/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity43% × 45%Exploitation0% × 40%Automatability0% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 12%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 4, 2026
Last Modified
August 5, 2026
Advisory Details (4)
Auto-updated Aug 4, 2026v0.11.0
Patch available: open-webui/open-webui v0.11.0
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0commit 707efeaed799 (open-webui/open-webui)
Fix landed in open-webui/open-webui commit 707efeaed799 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/707efeaed7992dd9896d5928559458f228b9a539fix: scope knowledge sync cleanup deletions to the target knowledge base
Fix merged in open-webui/open-webui PR #26722 on 2026-07-27 — awaiting tagged release
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26722Deletion of directories and file embeddings in other knowledge bases via sync cleanup · Advisory · open-webui/open-webui · GitHub
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jxc9-xmc4-gr23Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-70488(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | 0.10.0, 0.10.1, 0.10.2, 0.9.6 | 0.11.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(2)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 16× in last 7d / 35× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-08-21 03:19 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-07 17:02 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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- 2026-08-05 15:29 UTCEG score recompute
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- 2026-08-04 21:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-04 20:44 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-04 20:40 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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