Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can hang the server via message deletion in a cyclic chat tree
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.1, DELETE /api/v1/chats/{id}/messages/{message_id} used the chat-history deletion helper in backend/open_webui/models/chats.py to follow childrenIds without recording visited message identifiers. An authenticated user could store a cyclic chat tree and delete a message, causing a synchronous infinite loop on the server request loop that blocked every user's requests until the process was killed. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | open-webui | 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | open-webui (PyPI) | 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 | 0.11.1 | Patch available | GHSA-3cgp-3cqx-j8w2 |
- open-webui Vendoropen-webui Affected 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 Fixed in 0.11.1 Patch available CNA
- open-webui (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 Fixed in 0.11.1 Patch available GHSA-3cgp-3cqx-j8w2
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 | Vulnerable | open-webui |
- cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 0.10.0 to before 0.11.1 Vulnerable ·open-webui
Remediation
- Fix · CNA open-webui (open-webui) Fixed in 0.11.1
- Fix · GHSA-3cgp-3cqx-j8w2 open-webui (PyPI) Fixed in 0.11.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-88000
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3cgp-3cqx-j8w2
References
Exploit 2
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-2026-88000 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-88000 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3cgp-3cqx-j8w2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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