Findings

CVE-2026-109287

Open WebUI 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 Information Disclosure via Unscoped Directory ID

Published Oct 12, 2026 · updated Oct 15, 2026 · open-webui open-webui

Open WebUI from 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 contains an authorization flaw where the knowledge base file listing does not verify that a supplied directory_id belongs to the requested knowledge base. Users with read access to any knowledge base can supply a retained foreign directory UUID to GET /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/files. The returned breadcrumbs expose folder names, owner user ids and knowledge base ids of that directory and all its ancestors.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 12, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Open WebUI from 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 contains an authorization flaw where the knowledge base file listing does not verify that a supplied directory_id belongs to the requested knowledge base. Users with read access to any knowledge base can supply a retained foreign directory UUID to GET /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/files. The returned breadcrumbs expose folder names, owner user ids and knowledge base id

  2. Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    Open WebUI from 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 contains an authorization flaw where the knowledge base file listing does not verify that a supplied directory_id belongs to the requested knowledge base. Users with read access to any knowledge base can supply a retained foreign directory UUID to GET /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/files. The returned breadcrumbs expose folder names, owner user ids and knowledge base id

Affected

  • vendor open-webui open-webuiversion unspecified

Sources

  • Open WebUI from 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 contains an authorization flaw where the knowledge base file listing does not verify that a supplied directory_id belongs to the requested knowledge base. Users with read access to any knowledge base can supply a retained foreign directory UUID

    vulnerability.circl.lu
  • CVE.orgCVE-2026-109287

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDCVE-2026-109287

    Open WebUI from 0.9.6 before 0.11.4 contains an authorization flaw where the knowledge base file listing does not verify that a supplied directory_id belongs to the requested knowledge base. Users with read access to any knowledge base can supply a retained foreign directory UUID

    nvd.nist.gov

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