Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting open-webui package, versions [,0.8.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENWEBUI-15855403
  • published31 Mar 2026
  • disclosed27 Mar 2026
  • creditMariusz

Introduced: 27 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-29071  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade open-webui to version 0.8.6 or higher.

Overview

open-webui is an Open WebUI

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in the query_collection_handler function. An attacker can access other users' private documents, metadata, and personal memories by submitting crafted requests to the /api/v1/retrieval/query/collection endpoint using predictable collection names and user or file UUIDs.

Note: This is only exploitable if the Memory experimental feature is enabled for accessing personal memories.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1