Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, Open WebUI allows admins to restrict which API endpoints an API key can access. When an API key is restricted from /api/v1/messages, requests using the Authorization: Bearer sk-... header are correctly blocked with 403. However, the same key sent via the x-api-key header bypasses the restriction entirely — the request is authenticated, the model is invoked, and a full response is returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
History

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-webui
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Vendors & Products Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui

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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, Open WebUI allows admins to restrict which API endpoints an API key can access. When an API key is restricted from /api/v1/messages, requests using the Authorization: Bearer sk-... header are correctly blocked with 403. However, the same key sent via the x-api-key header bypasses the restriction entirely — the request is authenticated, the model is invoked, and a full response is returned. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Title Open WebUI: API key endpoint restrictions bypassed via `x-api-key` header — full message processing on restricted endpoints
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T19:21:26.401Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T21:40:08.176Z

Link: CVE-2026-45339

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T20:16:48.693

Modified: 2026-05-15T20:16:48.693

Link: CVE-2026-45339

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Updated: 2026-05-15T20:45:08Z