CVE-2026-44550 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-44550: Open WebUI: Mass Assignment via Pydantic extra='allow' Allows Creating Folders in Other Users' Accounts

Vendor Open-Webui
Product open-webui
Weakness CWE-862 · Missing authorization
Published May 15, 2026
Last update May 15, 2026

CVSS base score

5.0/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, FolderForm uses model_config = ConfigDict(extra='allow'), which permits arbitrary fields to pass through Pydantic validation and be included in model_dump(exclude_unset=True). In insert_new_folder, the server-assigned user_id is placed at the start of the dict and then overwritten by the spread of form data. Because FolderModel declares user_id: str as a real field (not just a form extra), any attacker-supplied user_id in the POST body is accepted by the model and persisted on the Folder row. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

May 15, 2026 CVE published
May 15, 2026 Record updated

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