# CVE-2026-59227: Open WebUI: POST /api/v1/images/edit bypasses the global image-edit switch and the per-user image-generation permission

- Also known as: GHSA-RQJ7-6WRP-6G2G, PYSEC-2026-3604
- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.10.0
- Published: 2026-07-09 · Updated: 2026-07-14

## Affected

- open-webui: from 0.8.11, fixed in 0.10.0
- open-webui (PyPI): from 0.8.11, fixed in 0.10.0

## Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.8.11 before 0.10.0, POST /api/v1/images/edit required only a verified account and did not enforce the global image-edit switch or the per-user image-generation permission, allowing a non-admin user to invoke server-side image editing with administrator-configured provider credentials. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.10.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-rqj7-6wrp-6g2g
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26009
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/e038bab66dec8d17212eec35b5cb6d6b785a4200
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.10.0

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