GHSA-5v9m-57mq-qc75HighCVSS 7.5

Open WebUI denial of service through endpoint for converting markdown

Published
March 20, 2025
Last Modified
October 15, 2025

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

In version 0.3.8 of open-webui, an endpoint for converting markdown to HTML is exposed without authentication. A maliciously crafted markdown payload can cause the server to spend excessive time converting it, leading to a denial of service. The server becomes unresponsive to other requests until the conversion is complete.

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/open-webui:<= 0.3.8

🔗 References (4)