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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2026-70494 json

Open WebUI: A folder write-collaborator can permanently delete the owner's chats by deleting a shared subfolder

published 2026-08-04 3 mo ago modified 2026-09-18 51 d ago also GHSA-3cg5-48j3-v4gv , PYSEC-2026-3638 , EUVD-2026-52926

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 46%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, the DELETE /api/v1/folders/{id} handler in backend/open_webui/routers/folders.py allowed a user granted write access to a shared chat folder to permanently delete chats and messages belonging to the folder owner. The cascade following the authorization check is bound to the folder owner's id, but the subfolder check accepted any inherited write grant instead of requiring ownership or administrator status. A collaborator can destroy the owner's subtree or force-move chats out of it when delete_contents=false. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

Patch / fix

  • pypi open-webui 0.11.0
  • openwebui open_webui 0.11.0

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 46% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi open-webui
>=0.10.0, <0.11.0
0.11.0

Affected products

  • open-webui open-webui

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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