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Medium · 5.0 CVE-2026-44550 EUVD-2026-30603GHSA-hr43-rjmr-7wmmPYSEC-2026-2735

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

Published May 15, 2026 · Updated May 15, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
open-webui open-webui < 0.9.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI open-webui < 0.9.0 0.9.0 GHSA-hr43-rjmr-7wmm

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