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.
Published: 2026-09-09
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion
Weaknesses CWE-269
CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-09T21:31:48.454Z

Reserved: 2026-09-09T19:19:27.405Z

Link: CVE-2026-87998

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-09T22:18:48.460

Modified: 2026-09-09T22:18:48.460

Link: CVE-2026-87998

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