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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-44571 EUVD-2026-30655GHSA-jgj3-r8hr-9pjwPYSEC-2026-2739

Open WebUI: Improper Authorization in Standard Channels Allows Message Updates with Read Permission

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 0.8.6, in standard channels (i.e., channels whose channel.type is neither group nor dm), the endpoint POST /api/v1/channels/{channel_id}/messages/{message_id}/update can be accessed with read permission only. When access_control is set to None, the authorization check has_access(..., type="read") evaluates to True, allowing users who are not the message owner to update messages. As a result, unauthorized modification of other users’ messages is possible. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.6.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
open-webui open-webui < 0.8.6 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI open-webui < 0.8.6 0.8.6 GHSA-jgj3-r8hr-9pjw

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