Open WebUI: DNS Rebinding SSRF Bypass
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-918 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. Prior to 0.11.0, Open WebUI resolved a hostname during URL validation and rejected private, loopback, and link-local addresses, but the HTTP clients resolved the hostname again at connection time. An authenticated attacker who controlled authoritative DNS for a submitted hostname could answer with a public address during validation and an internal one during connection, reaching cloud metadata, loopback admin APIs, or internal services through URL ingest, chat image_url fetches, image editing, or OAuth profile-picture fetches, with most paths returning the response to the attacker and the OAuth path forwarding the OAuth access token. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- 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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | open-webui | before 0.11.0 | 0.11.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | open-webui (PyPI) | before 0.11.0 | 0.11.0 | Patch available | GHSA-h6x2-583h-x99r |
- open-webui Vendoropen-webui Affected before 0.11.0 Fixed in 0.11.0 Patch available CNA
- open-webui (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 0.11.0 Fixed in 0.11.0 Patch available GHSA-h6x2-583h-x99r
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 0.11.0 | Vulnerable | open-webui |
- cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.11.0 Vulnerable ·open-webui
Remediation
- Fix · CNA open-webui (open-webui) Fixed in 0.11.0
- Fix · GHSA-h6x2-583h-x99r open-webui (PyPI) Fixed in 0.11.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-54020
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h6x2-583h-x99r
References
More open-webui Open Webui vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-54020 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-54020 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h6x2-583h-x99r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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