High severity · published Mar 26, 2026
CVE-2026-28788
Open WebUI's process_files_batch() endpoint missing ownership check, allows unauthorized file overwrite
7.1
CVSS
3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to version 0.8.6, any authenticated user can overwrite any file's content by ID through the `POST /api/v1/retrieval/process/files/batch` endpoint. The endpoint performs no ownership check, so a regular user with read access to a shared knowledge base can obtain file UUIDs via `GET /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/files` and then overwrite those files, escalating from read to write. The overwritten content is served to the LLM via RAG, meaning the attacker controls what the model tells other users. Version 0.8.6 patches the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.0% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
open-webui · open-webui
< 0.8.6 · source: vendor
OW
Open Webui · Openwebui
before 0.8.6 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28788
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-28788
Exploit
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jjp7-g2jw-wh3j
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