CVE-2026-44556 HIGH

CVE-2026-44556: Open WebUI: responses passthrough endpoint lacks access control authorization

Vendor Open-Webui
Product open-webui
Weakness CWE-284
Published May 15, 2026
Last update May 15, 2026

CVSS base score

7.1/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the /responses endpoint in the OpenAI router accepts any authenticated user and forwards requests directly to upstream LLM providers without enforcing per-model access control. While the primary chat completion endpoint (generate_chat_completion) checks model ownership, group membership, and AccessGrants before allowing a request, the /responses proxy only validates that the user has a valid session via get_verified_user. This allows any authenticated user to interact with any model configured on the instance by sending a POST request to /api/openai/responses with an arbitrary model ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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