GHSA-6xhv-rxhv-pwm4: Open WebUI: Cross-user file content disclosure via request-scoped direct model knowledge metadata
Summary
Open WebUI lets a client define a model inline on a chat request instead of selecting a saved workspace model. The knowledge attached to such an inline model was used as-is, without checking that the caller can read what it points at. Any authenticated user who knows another user's file id could therefore have the builtin knowledge tools return that file's indexed content back to them.
Preconditions
Authenticated user of any role, no admin rights needed. The request must carry a session id and use native function calling, which is the default (only function_calling: legacy opts out), and the model's builtin_tools capability must not be disabled (default enabled). The attacker must already know the target file's id; ids are UUIDs and are not enumerable through this path. No admin setting needs to be turned on: enabling Direct Connections is not required for the backend to accept an inline model. Knowledge bases attached this way were never affected, their own access grants were enforced on every path.
Impact
An authenticated user could read the indexed chunks of another user's or group's file, a cross-user confidentiality loss limited to files whose ids the attacker already holds. It is read-only: nothing is modified or deleted, knowledge-base permissions are unaffected, and saved workspace models were already validated at creation time.
Fix
Fixed in 0.11.0 by commit 305880f2e. An inline model's attached knowledge is filtered against the caller's real read access before it is used, dropping any file, knowledge base or note the caller cannot read. Upgrading fully resolves it, no configuration change is required.
Root cause
Affected component: the chat completion, chat completed and chat action endpoints, which accept an inline model definition, and the builtin knowledge tools that consume the model's attached knowledge. Affected setups: all builds from 0.8.8 through 0.10.2.
Saved workspace models have their attached file references validated against the a
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6xhv-rxhv-pwm4
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-70487 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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