CVE-2026-44721 Open WebUI: Stored XSS via Model Description
Authenticated users can inject malicious JavaScript into model descriptions, allowing arbitrary code execution in other users' browsers.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-44721?
CVE-2026-44721 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 15 May 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows any authenticated user with model creation permission (workspace.models) to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the browser of any other user (including admins) who views the malicious model in the chat UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-44721?
5 open source packages ship an affected version, including open-webui. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
open-webui PyPI | All versions | 0.9.0 |
open-webui PyPI | All versions | 0.9.0 |
open-webui PyPI | All versions | 0.9.0 |
open-webui npm | All versions | 0.9.0 |
open-webui npm | All versions | 0.9.0 |
Products include Openwebui Open Webui.
How do I fix CVE-2026-44721?
Upgrade open-webui to 0.9.0 or later.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2026-44721 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-44721 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Openwebui Open Webui
- CVE-2026-44551 Open WebUI: LDAP Empty Password Authentication Bypass
- CVE-2026-56400 open-webui - Remote Code Execution via CORS Misconfiguration and Session Validation
- CVE-2024-8017 Cross-site Scripting (XSS) in open-webui/open-webui
- CVE-2026-45672 Open WebUI: Jupyter code execution works despite `ENABLE_CODE_EXECUTION=false` — feature gate bypassed
- CVE-2026-87995 Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcoding allow-same-origin
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gf5m-wcrh-7928, PYSEC-2026-2725.