Medium severity · published Aug 4, 2026
CVE-2026-70492
Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages
5.4
CVSS
0.4%
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, src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Markdown/KatexRenderer.svelte could store and render a chat message whose math block makes KaTeX fail with a stack overflow instead of a parse error. The catch branch fell back to inserting the original math source into the page as HTML through {@html} rather than as text, so script in the message runs in the browser of whoever views it, including shared chats and channels. The viewer's session token in localStorage can be stolen, and an administrator viewer can have their account taken over. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% 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-2026-70492
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-70492
Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/bc600d3f085802c45aa8f38c30e6e8c986bde6cc
Patch
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26718
Release Notes
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0
Exploit
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-pwxh-7358-jq2x
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