CVE-2026-44554
Open WebUI: Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite
CVSS Score
8.1
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the POST /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint accepts a user-supplied collection_name and an overwrite query parameter (default: True). It performs no authorization check on whether the calling user owns or has write access to the target collection. When overwrite=True, save_docs_to_vector_db calls VECTOR_DB_CLIENT.delete_collection() on the target collection before writing new content. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
| CWE | CWE-862 |
| Vendor | open-webui |
| Product | open-webui |
| Published | May 15, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Affected Versions
open-webui / open-webui
< 0.9.0