Open WebUI: responses passthrough endpoint lacks access control authorization
Published May 15, 2026
7.1
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.37%
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the /responses endpoint in the OpenAI router accepts any authenticated user and forwards requests directly to upstream LLM providers without enforcing per-model access control. While the primary chat completion endpoint (generate_chat_completion) checks model ownership, group membership, and AccessGrants before allowing a request, the /responses proxy only validates that the user has a valid session via get_verified_user. This allows any authenticated user to interact with any model configured on the instance by sending a POST request to /api/openai/responses with an arbitrary model ID. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Affected products
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- Version < 0.9.0StatusaffectedConstraints-
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | ||||||
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| Open-Webui | Open-Webui | n/a |
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- < 0.9.0
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
References (5)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-30624 Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q Advisory
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/23481
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44556
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-30624 | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q | Advisory | |
| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/23481 | ||
| https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44556 |
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