# CVE-2026-70479: Open WebUI: SSRF into internal services via unvalidated sub-resource requests in the Playwright web loader

- Also known as: GHSA-W2RX-84HP-GG95, PYSEC-2026-3653
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.11.0
- Published: 2026-08-04 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- open-webui: from 0.9.6, fixed in 0.11.0
- open-webui (PyPI): from 0.9.6, fixed in 0.11.0

## Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.6 until 0.11.0, with WEB_LOADER_ENGINE=playwright, the Playwright web loader validates only the top-level page request and lets sub-resource requests pass unvalidated. A page supplied by an authenticated user can use JavaScript to reach blocked internal addresses, and returned DOM can include data read from those addresses in web-search or RAG output. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.11.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-w2rx-84hp-gg95
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/27526
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/bef63a2ae915571d50d2722a635e8bfa753d7877
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0

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