CVE-2026-87998— Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion
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Affected
open-webui open-webui
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
Recommended action
Check the vendor advisory and references for a fixed version. If immediate upgrade is impossible, restrict exposure and increase monitoring.
Open WebUI 是一个可扩展、功能丰富且用户友好的自托管 AI 平台。在 0.10.0 到 0.11.1 版本中，位于 中的 接口在授权删除知识库时，会移除其管理员拥有的外部连接，但未进行单独的管理员权限检查，也未检查其他依赖该连接的知识库。因此，拥有某个外部知识库写权限的非管理员用户，能够删除共享的实例配置，导致所有使用该连接的其他知识库变得不可用。此问题已在 0.11.1 版本中修复。
Possible ATT&CK Techniques 3 AI
T1485 · Data Destruction T1620 · Reflective Code Loading T1190 · Exploit Public-Facing Application
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-87998
Vulnerability Information
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Vulnerability Title
Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.1, DELETE /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/delete in backend/open_webui/routers/knowledge.py authorized deletion against the knowledge base but then removed its administrator-owned external connection without a separate administrator check or a check for other dependent knowledge bases. A non-administrator with write access to one external knowledge base could delete shared instance configuration and make every other knowledge base using that connection unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
特权管理不恰当
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions | CPE | Subscribe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | open-webui | >= 0.10.0, < 0.11.1 | - |
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Other References for CVE-2026-87998 (3)
Same Patch Batch · open-webui · 2026-09-09 · 16 CVEs total
| CVE-2026-87995 | 8.7 HIGH | Open WebUI: Same-origin XSS to account takeover via terminal port-preview iframe hardcodin |
| CVE-2026-87016 | 8.1 HIGH | Open WebUI: Sign-in as another user via wildcard characters in the OAuth subject claim on |
| CVE-2026-87996 | 7.7 HIGH | Open WebUI: SSRF into internal services via DNS rebinding in the Playwright web loader |
| CVE-2026-87011 | 7.5 HIGH | Open WebUI: Unauthenticated requests can stall the server via uncached OIDC fetches in bac |
| CVE-2026-87999 | 7.1 HIGH | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can reach the Azure platform channel via server-side we |
| CVE-2026-87015 | 6.8 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: A user's session cookies are sent to tool servers configured for bearer authen |
| CVE-2026-87014 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Admin demoted through SSO role sync keeps read and write access to all users' |
| CVE-2026-88000 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can hang the server via message deletion in a cyclic ch |
| CVE-2026-88002 | 6.5 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can hang the server via a cyclic chat message history |
| CVE-2026-88001 | 5.0 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Server-side fetches reach blocked and internal hosts via unvalidated HTTP redi |
| CVE-2026-87012 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can suppress calendar alerts instance-wide via a non-nu |
| CVE-2026-87013 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can start a non-terminating request via a folder parent |
| CVE-2026-87017 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Inaccessible knowledge bases are exposed through the built-in knowledge tool o |
| CVE-2026-87994 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Channel members can overwrite another member's message via the chat completion |
| CVE-2026-87997 | 4.3 MEDIUM | Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can inject chats into another user's folder via chat co |
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