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TI-2026-33190 Aliases CVE-2026-45401GHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6

Open WebUI: SSRF Bypass via HTTP Redirect Following in Web-Fetch and Image-Load Endpoints

Priority HIGH 70CWE-918Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, the validate_url() function in backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py only validates the initial URL submitted by the caller. The HTTP clients used downstream (sync requests, async aiohttp, langchain's WebBaseLoader) follow HTTP 3xx redirects by default and do not re-validate the redirect target against the private-IP / metadata-IP block list. Any authenticated user can therefore submit a public URL that 302-redirects to an internal address (e.g. 127.0.0.1, 169.254.169.254, RFC1918) and read the internal response body via the /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint, the /api/v1/images/... endpoints, the /api/chat/completions endpoint with an image_url content part, and any other route that calls these helpers. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.003 22nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed open-webui (open-webui): 0.9.5open-webui (PyPI): 0.9.5

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
open-webuiopen-webuibefore 0.9.50.9.5Patch availableCNA
—open-webui (PyPI)before 0.9.50.9.5Patch availableGHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6
  • open-webui Vendoropen-webui Affected before 0.9.5 Fixed in 0.9.5 Patch available CNA
  • open-webui (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.9.5 Fixed in 0.9.5 Patch available GHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.9.5Vulnerableopen-webui
  • cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.9.5 Vulnerable ·open-webui

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA open-webui (open-webui) Fixed in 0.9.5
  • Fix · GHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6 open-webui (PyPI) Fixed in 0.9.5 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-45401
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rh5x-h6pp-cjj6

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 2

Other 2

  • TI-2024-06216 Open WebUI Arbitrary File Upload + Path Traversal CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2024-07467 Improper Authentication in open-webui/open-webui CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2026-42359 Open WebUI: Cross-user code-interpreter and tool execution via unvalidated Socket.IO event-caller session_id CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-40759 open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2024-07431 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.0
  • TI-2026-60021 Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.7
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