# CVE-2026-87013: Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can start a non-terminating request via a folder parent cycle

- Also known as: GHSA-8R35-5X5R-HV74, PYSEC-2026-4121
- 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: 0.11.1
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-10

## Affected

- open-webui: from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.11.1
- open-webui (PyPI): from 0.10.0, fixed in 0.11.1

## Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.1, POST /api/v1/folders/{id}/update/parent allowed a user to place a folder under itself or one of its descendants, while the folder tree walks used by DELETE /api/v1/folders/{id} and POST /api/v1/folders/{id}/read did not track visited folder identifiers. An authenticated user could persist a parent cycle and start a request that consumed CPU and memory indefinitely, with the condition remaining stored until repaired. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on open-webui, upgrade to a fixed version (0.11.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-8r35-5x5r-hv74
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/28748
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/23b3a69bc26839bfa74edd1be6bfa2568ae902f4
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.1

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