Vulnerability in open-webui (CVE-2026-59220)
Summary
Vulnerability in open-webui (CVE-2026-59220). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Exploitable via SKILL_MENTION_RE. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.10.0 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.2 before 0.10.0, the SKILL_MENTION_RE and strip_re regular expressions in backend/open_webui/utils/middleware.py parsed <$skillId|label> skill mentions with overlapping quantifiers, allowing an authenticated chat message containing <$ without a closing > to trigger quadratic backtracking and block the asyncio event loop. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-59220 has been found in open-webui.
Attackers can target a specific entry point like SKILL_MENTION_RE over the network to misuse the product.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10.
What to do: upgrade open-webui to 0.10.0 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "open-webui CVE-2026-59220" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-59220 (open-webui) — CWE-1333 / CVSS v3 6.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Attack surface: SKILL_MENTION_RE / process_chat_payload
Patched: 0.10.0 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-1333) exists in open-webui. Attackers reach the vulnerable code path via SKILL_MENTION_RE.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of open-webui. Attack surface: SKILL_MENTION_RE / process_chat_payload.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 6.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 0.10.0.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'open-webui' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'open-webui' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
open-webuiを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade open-webui to 0.10.0ステージング環境で 0.10.0 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- package github.com
- package pypi.org
- patch github.com
- web github.com