SCA: security update for open-webui (GHSA-2724-6cpj-gf3v)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 447902

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- 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.
(CVE-2026-87998)

Solution

Update the open-webui library and its related packages to version 0.11.1 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2724-6cpj-gf3v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 447902

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 9/10/2026

Updated: 9/10/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Percentile: 51.55

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-87998

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-87998