XML External Entity (XXE) Injection Affecting open-webui package, versions <0.6.33-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.6% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-OPENWEBUI-15406888
  • published5 Mar 2026
  • disclosed6 Oct 2025

Introduced: 6 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-6985  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-611  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi open-webui to version 0.6.33-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream open-webui package and not the open-webui package as distributed by Wolfi. See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.

The HTMLSectionSplitter class in langchain-text-splitters version 0.3.8 is vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE) attacks due to unsafe XSLT parsing. This vulnerability arises because the class allows the use of arbitrary XSLT stylesheets, which are parsed using lxml.etree.parse() and lxml.etree.XSLT() without any hardening measures. In lxml versions up to 4.9.x, external entities are resolved by default, allowing attackers to read arbitrary local files or perform outbound HTTP(S) fetches. In lxml versions 5.0 and above, while entity expansion is disabled, the XSLT document() function can still read any URI unless XSLTAccessControl is applied. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to gain read-only access to any file the LangChain process can reach, including sensitive files such as SSH keys, environment files, source code, or cloud metadata. No authentication, special privileges, or user interaction are required, and the issue is exploitable in default deployments that enable custom XSLT.