Denial of service in Open WebUI via recurrence rule validation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Open WebUI from 0.9.0 before 0.11.4 contains a denial of service flaw in its recurrence rule validation (CWE-834, Excessive Iteration). An authenticated user with automations permission can submit unsatisfiable recurrence rules, such as February 30th, to the automations create or update endpoints. Each request blocks the shared event loop for seconds, and repeated requests stall the instance.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Open WebUI from 0.9.0 before 0.11.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows authenticated users with automations permission to stall the instance by submitting unsatisfiable recurrence rules. Attackers can repeatedly send rules like February 30th to the automations create or update endpoints, blocking the shared event loop for seconds per request.
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 | 0.9.0 to before 0.11.4 | 0.11.4 | Patch available | CNA |
- open-webui Vendoropen-webui Affected 0.9.0 to before 0.11.4 Fixed in 0.11.4 Patch available CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | open-webui |
- cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·open-webui
Remediation
Upgrade Open WebUI to version 0.11.4 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA open-webui (open-webui) Fixed in 0.11.4
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
open-webui 0.11.4
19 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 8 MEDIUM, 8 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71106 Stored cross-site scripting in Open WebUI via DOCX previewPriority HIGH 72
- TI-2026-71108 Session cookie disclosure in Open WebUI OAuth-mode connectionsPriority HIGH 68
- TI-2026-71104 Stored cross-site scripting in Open WebUI markdown linksPriority HIGH 67
Timeline
- 2026-10-12 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109299
- 2026-10-12 Alias added: GHSA-vp3m-gw6c-whgh
- 2026-10-13 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-24 Weakness changed · CNA
References
Patch 1
More 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-2026-109299 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109299 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vp3m-gw6c-whgh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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