# CVE-2026-54014: Open WebUI: Sibling-Prefix Path Traversal via /cache/{path} in open-webui/open-webui

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2736, GHSA-J2C8-V969-8R5C
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.9.6
- Published: 2026-06-23 · Updated: 2026-06-24

## 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, a path traversal vulnerability exists in open-webui's cache file serving endpoint that allows any authenticated user to read files from sibling directories outside the intended cache directory, by exploiting an incomplete startswith containment check that lacks a trailing path separator. The root cause is that serve_cache_file() in open_webui/main.py validates the resolved path with file_path.startswith(os.path.abspath(CACHE_DIR)) — without appending os.sep. This allows any path resolving to a sibling directory whose name begins with cache (e.g. cache_sibling, cache_backup, cached_models) to pass validation. 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.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c

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