CVE-2026-70484 Open WebUI: Users denied the image-generation permission can still generate images via chat completions
Authenticated users with revoked image-generation permissions can still generate images via chat completions, consuming API credits and writing files.
- 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-2026-70484?
CVE-2026-70484 is a medium-severity missing authorization 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 0.7.0 until 0.11.0, the legacy chat-completions features block trusted a client-supplied image_generation flag and did not re-check the features.image_generation permission that the direct image routes and native function-calling path enforce. An authenticated user whose image-generation permission had been revoked could still consume the operator's configured image provider through chat completions, spending API credits and provider quota and writing generated files to operator storage, without exposing provider credentials or other users' data. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-70484?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including open-webui. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
open-webui PyPI | From 0.7.0 | 0.11.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.7.0 | 0.11.0 |
open-webui PyPI | From 0.7.0 | 0.11.0 |
Products include Openwebui Open Webui.
How do I fix CVE-2026-70484?
Upgrade open-webui to 0.11.0 or later.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2026-70484 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-70484 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-g423-grf7-98rv, PYSEC-2026-3646.