Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting open-webui package, versions [,0.6.19)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENWEBUI-16691118
  • published14 May 2026
  • disclosed11 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-44570  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade open-webui to version 0.6.19 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 memories API endpoints. An attacker can access, delete, restore, and view the contents of other users' data by sending crafted requests to endpoints such as POST /api/v1/memories/query, POST /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}/update, and DELETE /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1