CVE-2026-70488

Open WebUI: Deletion of directories and file embeddings in other knowledge bases via sync cleanup

MEDIUM
4.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 4, 2026 at 08:35 PM UTC
Updated: September 18, 2026 at 03:09 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpen Webui

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Severity
MEDIUM4.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.0, the sync cleanup endpoint authorized write access to the knowledge base in the URL but then acted on directory and file ids supplied in the request body without checking that those objects belonged to that knowledge base. A user with write access to one knowledge base could delete directories and remove file embeddings from another knowledge base, causing documents to drop out of retrieval results and breaking chat-with-file for targeted documents without disclosing contents. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.11.00.9.6 ≤ v < 0.11.0
Affected range stops below 0.11.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (4)

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jxc9-xmc4-gr23
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26722
x_refsource_MISCRelease Notes
Source: cverecord
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-639CWE-863

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