CVE-2026-70479 Open WebUI: SSRF into internal services via unvalidated sub-resource requests in the Playwright web loader
Authenticated users can exploit unvalidated sub-resource requests in the Playwright web loader to access internal services and read sensitive data.
- 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-2026-70479?
CVE-2026-70479 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Openwebui Open Webui, published on 4 Aug 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 until 0.11.0, with WEB_LOADER_ENGINE=playwright, the Playwright web loader validates only the top-level page request and lets sub-resource requests pass unvalidated. A page supplied by an authenticated user can use JavaScript to reach blocked internal addresses, and returned DOM can include data read from those addresses in web-search or RAG output. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Weakness: CWE-918
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70479?
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 | 0.11.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.9.6 | 0.11.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.9.6 | 0.11.0 |
Products include Openwebui Open Webui.
How do I fix CVE-2026-70479?
Upgrade open-webui to 0.11.0 or later.
Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.
Is CVE-2026-70479 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-70479 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-w2rx-84hp-gg95, PYSEC-2026-3653.