CVE-2026-59212 Open WebUI: Model meta.knowledge read-only file access can be upgraded to file write/delete
Users with read-only access can modify or delete files due to insufficient authorization checks on write and delete routes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2026-59212?
CVE-2026-59212 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 9 Jul 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 before 0.10.0, _verify_knowledge_file_access only checked read access while file write and delete routes later trusted object-derived access through writable model meta.knowledge entries, allowing a user with read-only knowledge file access to upgrade to file write or delete operations. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.
Weakness: CWE-863
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-59212?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including open-webui. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
open-webui PyPI | From 0.9.6 | 0.10.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.9.6 | 0.10.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.9.6 | 0.10.0 |
Products include Openwebui Open Webui.
How do I fix CVE-2026-59212?
Upgrade open-webui to 0.10.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-59212 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-59212 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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-2xwm-4h2q-ggfx, PYSEC-2026-3588.