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High · 7.1 CVE-2026-44556 EUVD-2026-30624GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2qPYSEC-2026-2734

Open WebUI: responses passthrough endpoint lacks access control authorization

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, 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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
open-webui open-webui < 0.9.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI open-webui < 0.9.0 0.9.0 GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q

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