High severity · published May 15, 2026
CVE-2026-44556
Open WebUI: responses passthrough endpoint lacks access control authorization
7.1
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
OP
open-webui · open-webui
< 0.9.0 · source: vendor
OW
Open Webui · Openwebui
before 0.9.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44556
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-44556
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-hp5m-24vp-vq2q
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