CVE-2026-45829A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicio…
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A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the /api/v2/tenants/{tenant}/databases/{db}/collections endpoint.
- CVSS
- 10.0 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94, CWE-502
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- HiddenLayer
- NVD analysis
- Awaiting Analysis
- Record last updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Chroma ChromaDB chroma:chromadb (from the name) | from 1.0.0 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 redhat:enterprise_linux_ai | 3 | CISA ADP |
References
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45829
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479623
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45829.json
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