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CVE-2026-87998: Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-09-09 · updated 2026-09-16
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.1, DELETE /api/v1/knowledge/{id}/delete in backend/open_webui/routers/knowledge.py authorized deletion against the knowledge base but then removed its administrator-owned external connection without a separate administrator check or a check for other dependent knowledge bases. A non-administrator with write access to one external knowledge base could delete shared instance configuration and make every other knowledge base using that connection unavailable. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

Affected products

• open-webui: from 0.10.0 before 0.11.1 — fixed in 0.11.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: open-webui 0.11.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/dc03e7e595d61be97b25a1dd7bb99ad264f73199
• https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/28113
• https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.1
• https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-2724-6cpj-gf3v

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