High severity · published Aug 4, 2026
CVE-2026-70494
Open WebUI: A folder write-collaborator can permanently delete the owner's chats by deleting a shared subfolder
8.1
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, the DELETE /api/v1/folders/{id} handler in backend/open_webui/routers/folders.py allowed a user granted write access to a shared chat folder to permanently delete chats and messages belonging to the folder owner. The cascade following the authorization check is bound to the folder owner's id, but the subfolder check accepted any inherited write grant instead of requiring ownership or administrator status. A collaborator can destroy the owner's subtree or force-move chats out of it when delete_contents=false. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 46% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
open-webui · open-webui
>= 0.10.0, < 0.11.0 · source: vendor
OW
Open Webui · Openwebui
0.10.0 before 0.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-70494
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70494
Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/915ef7d0798d3175819cedbb2f62d7bf0db78c98
Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/27003
Release Notes
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0
Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-3cg5-48j3-v4gv
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