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High · 8.1 CVE-2026-44553 EUVD-2026-30615GHSA-45m8-cpm2-3v65PYSEC-2026-2697

Open WebUI: Stale Admin Role in Socket.IO Session Pool Enables Post-Demotion Cross-User Note Access

Published May 15, 2026 · Updated May 19, 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, administrative role changes and user deletions do not iterate SESSION_POOL to disconnect affected sessions. As a result, a user whose admin role has been revoked retains admin privileges within their existing Socket.IO session for as long as they keep the connection alive (via automatic heartbeats). The gap is exclusive to the Socket.IO session cache. 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-45m8-cpm2-3v65

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