CVE-2026-44554CWE-862

Open WebUI: Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite

High · published May 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
0%
Percentile
36.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the POST /api/v1/retrieval/process/web endpoint accepts a user-supplied collection_name and an overwrite query parameter (default: True). It performs no authorization check on whether the calling user owns or has write access to the target collection. When overwrite=True, save_docs_to_vector_db calls VECTOR_DB_CLIENT.delete_collection() on the target collection before writing new content. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00434 · 36.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-862 · Missing Authorization
Published
2026-05-15T19:49Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 MAY 19:49Z
    Open WebUI: Knowledge Base Destruction and RAG Poisoning via Unauthorized Collection Overwrite
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