CVE-2026-44557
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the _validate_collection_access function uses an incomplete allowlist that only enforces ownership checks for collections matching user-memory-* and file-* patterns. All other collection names pass through unchecked — including the system-level knowledge-bases meta-collection, which stores the IDs, names, and descriptions of every knowledge base on the instance. Any authenticated user can query this meta-collection directly via the retrieval query endpoints to obtain a global index of all knowledge bases across all users. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
How to fix
- openwebui open_webui0.9.0 or later
- open-webui0.9.0 or later
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| openwebui open_webui | v < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 |
| open-webuiPyPI | v < 0.9.0 | 0.9.0 |
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