Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key Affecting open-webui package, versions [,0.9.5)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-OPENWEBUI-16725480
  • published17 May 2026
  • disclosed14 May 2026
  • creditkikayli

Introduced: 14 May 2026

NewCVE-2026-45386  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-639  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade open-webui to version 0.9.5 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 pin_channel_message process. An attacker can modify the is_pinned, pinned_by, and pinned_at fields of messages by sending API requests with only read-level permissions.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1