GHSA-qg3f-8x3j-ggf2: Open WebUI: `WEB_FETCH_FILTER_LIST` host allow/block filter bypassable via URL path and non-label-boundary matching
Summary
The administrator-configured WEB_FETCH_FILTER_LIST (the allow/block list applied to server-side web fetches: RAG URL ingestion, URL-to-markdown, web-search content fetch) matches hostnames incorrectly, so the filter can be bypassed.
Details
is_string_allowed (backend/open_webui/utils/misc.py) matches with str.endswith(...), and the primary web-fetch call site (backend/open_webui/retrieval/web/utils.py) called it with the full URL string, not the hostname:
- Blocklist bypass via path. A blocklist entry !internal.example.com only matches a URL that *ends with* that string. Any URL with a path (https://internal.example.com/x) ends with /x, so the entry never matches and the fetch proceeds. The blocklist effectively only stopped path-less URLs.
- Allowlist false-reject and bypass. An allowlist company.com rejected the legitimate https://api.company.com/status and admitted https://attacker.example/path/company.com.
- Non-label-boundary matching at the hostname-shaped call site (retrieval/web/main.py): endswith('corp.com') also matched evilcorp.com, and 10.0.0.1 matched 110.0.0.1.
Impact
An authenticated user able to trigger a server-side web fetch can reach hosts the administrator intended to block with WEB_FETCH_FILTER_LIST.
Open WebUI's primary SSRF protection is a separate, always-on guard that rejects any URL resolving to a non-global IP (validate_url and the connection-layer _ssrf_safe_new_conn, active whenever ENABLE_RAG_LOCAL_WEB_FETCH is off, the default). That guard is unaffected by this issue and continues to block loopback, RFC1918 and link-local addresses, including the 169.254.169.254 cloud-metadata endpoint. This bypass therefore does not grant access to those internal targets. What it defeats is the administrator's ability to block specific publicly-resolvable hosts (internal services reachable from the server over a public IP, e.g. split-horizon DNS or internal PaaS endpoints) and to enforce an allowlist. Fetched content is returned to the
Details
Original advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qg3f-8x3j-ggf2
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-592230.22% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 13% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-59223 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
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