CVE-2026-45833A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository a…
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A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated 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/default_tenant/databases/default_database/collections/{collection_id} if they have the UPDATE_COLLECTION permission.
- CVSS
- 9.4 CRITICAL (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- 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
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jul 31, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Chroma ChromaDB chroma:chromadb (from the name) | from 0.4.17 | CNA record |
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3 redhat:enterprise_linux_ai | 3 | CISA ADP |
Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) redhat:openshift_ai | All versions | CISA ADP |
trychroma chromadb trychroma:chromadb | from 0.4.17 through 1.5.9 | NVD |
References
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json
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