CVE-2026-45339Open WebUI: API key endpoint restrictions bypassed via `x-api-key` header — full message processing on restricted endpoints
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Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, Open WebUI allows admins to restrict which API endpoints an API key can access. When an API key is restricted from /api/v1/messages, requests using the Authorization: Bearer sk-... header are correctly blocked with 403. However, the same key sent via the x-api-key header bypasses the restriction entirely — the request is authenticated, the model is invoked, and a full response is returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
- CVSS
- 6.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-863
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- May 18, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
open-webui open-webui open_webui:open_webui (from the name) | before 0.9.0 | CNA record |
openwebui open_webui openwebui:open_webui | before 0.9.0 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-57q6-fvp4-pqmmx-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
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