Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.6.19, there's an IDOR in the channels message management system that allows authenticated users to modify or delete any message within channels they have read access to. The vulnerability exists in the message update and delete endpoints, which implement channel-level authorization but completely lack message ownership validation. While the frontend correctly implements ownership checks (showing edit/delete buttons only for message owners or admins), the backend APIs bypass these protections by only validating channel access permissions without verifying that the requesting user owns the target message. This creates a client-side security control bypass where attackers can directly call the APIs to modify other users' messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.19.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-jxwr-g6r6-j3fx Open WebUI's Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization
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Fri, 15 May 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-webui
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Fri, 15 May 2026 21:30:00 +0000

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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.6.19, there's an IDOR in the channels message management system that allows authenticated users to modify or delete any message within channels they have read access to. The vulnerability exists in the message update and delete endpoints, which implement channel-level authorization but completely lack message ownership validation. While the frontend correctly implements ownership checks (showing edit/delete buttons only for message owners or admins), the backend APIs bypass these protections by only validating channel access permissions without verifying that the requesting user owns the target message. This creates a client-side security control bypass where attackers can directly call the APIs to modify other users' messages. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.19.
Title Open WebUI: Insecure Message Access Breaks Authorization
Weaknesses CWE-862
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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T21:03:28.254Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T20:59:00.596Z

Link: CVE-2026-44569

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T22:16:53.187

Modified: 2026-05-15T22:16:53.187

Link: CVE-2026-44569

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Updated: 2026-05-15T22:30:06Z

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