CVE-2024-7040: Withdrawn Advisory: Open WebUI Access Control
This advisory was withdrawn on Sep 2, 2026. The publisher no longer considers it a valid vulnerability.
Withdrawn Advisory This advisory has been withdrawn because it does not describe a valid vulnerability. This link is maintained to preserve external references. Original Description In version v0.3.8 of open-webui/open-webui, there is an improper access control vulnerability. On the frontend admin page, administrators are intended to view only the chats of non-admin members.
Published Mar 20, 2025 · Updated Sep 2, 2026
Affected packages
open-webui
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- <= 0.3.8
- Fixed in
- No patched version yet
- Check
pip show open-webui
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
Withdrawn Advisory
This advisory has been withdrawn because it does not describe a valid vulnerability. This link is maintained to preserve external references.
Original Description
In version v0.3.8 of open-webui/open-webui, there is an improper access control vulnerability. On the frontend admin page, administrators are intended to view only the chats of non-admin members. However, by modifying the user_id parameter, it is possible to view the chats of any administrator, including those of other admin (owner) accounts.
Credited to Classic298.
References
How this page is made: the data panel comes from the GitHub Advisory Database, CISA’s KEV catalog, the NVD and FIRST EPSS, and updates twice a day. No analysis has been written for this entry yet. Methodology
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