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CVE-2026-70490

Open WebUI: Unapproved accounts can open terminal sessions via a WebSocket auth path missing the role check

Published: Aug 4, 2026Updated: Aug 5, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-863
6.3MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.8.8 until 0.11.0, the terminal WebSocket route in backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py authenticated its own first-message JWT and never applied the verified-user role gate that get_verified_user enforces on HTTP terminal routes. An account whose role is pending, including a registered but unapproved account or an account deactivated back to pending, can open an interactive terminal session when at least one terminal server is configured and its access grants cover the account. This loses the account-approval boundary for terminal access while the HTTP terminal routes correctly reject the same account. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-863

Affected Products

open-webui
oss-projectaka open-webui/open-webui
open-webuiOn-premWeb App
AI / ML / ai-agent-tooling

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
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References

https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-5gpj-vj23-vhhv
github.com

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