CVE-2026-45397 | Open WebUI: Unauthenticated RAG Configuration Disclosure

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Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.5, GET /api/v1/retrieval/ returns live RAG pipeline configuration to any unauthenticated HTTP client. No Authorization header, cookie, or API key is required. Every adjacent endpoint on the same router (/embedding, /config) is correctly guarded by get_admin_user making this a targeted omission. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.5.

Published: 2026-05-15 Last update: 2026-05-19 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-45397 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.07%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.05% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-45397

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-45397

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-04 0.03% 1.07% +1.05%
2 2026-05-16 0.03%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-45397

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 1.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-45397

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-45397

GHSA-65pg-qhhw-mxwg · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: pip — Open WebUI Vulnerable to Unauthenticated RAG Configuration Disclosure

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-45397

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openwebui open_webui < 0.9.5 cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2026-45397

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