Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting chromadb package, versions [0.4.17,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

CVSS assessment by Snyk's Security Team. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (21st percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications

Snyk Learn

Learn about Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerabilities in an interactive lesson.

Start learning
  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-CHROMADB-17337048
  • published14 Jun 2026
  • disclosed12 Jun 2026
  • creditEsteban Tonglet

Introduced: 12 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-45830  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for chromadb.

Overview

chromadb is a Chroma.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key due to insufficient authorization checks when UUID is provided. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to read, write, update, or delete data belonging to other tenants by sending requests impersonating an authenticated user.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1