# CVE-2026-70480: Open WebUI: Client-side SSRF via unrestricted external resource loading in Vega/Vega-Lite chart rendering

- Also known as: GHSA-RFFM-9Q57-Q649, PYSEC-2026-3651
- Severity: CVSS 4.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/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 0.6.34, fixed in 0.11.0
- open-webui (PyPI): from 0.6.34, fixed in 0.11.0

## Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.6.34 until 0.11.0, Open WebUI renders vega and vega-lite fenced code blocks in chat content by building a Vega view in the viewer browser without a restricted resource loader. Any user who can place such a block where another user will see it can make that user browser issue attacker-chosen outbound GET requests and read responses from same-origin or CORS-permissive targets into the rendered page. 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-rffm-9q57-q649
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26806
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/5278eb906ebecefc6538a19bc86df09d997e43e6
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0

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