# CVE-2026-87016: Open WebUI: Sign-in as another user via wildcard characters in the OAuth subject claim on SQLite

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-4128, GHSA-WPMR-8H3Q-FWJ7
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.11.1
- Published: 2026-09-09 · Updated: 2026-09-14

## Affected

- open-webui: from 0.6.41, fixed in 0.11.1
- open-webui (PyPI): from 0.6.41, fixed in 0.11.1

## Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.6.41 until 0.11.1, get_user_by_oauth_sub and get_user_by_scim_external_id in backend/open_webui/models/users.py used JSON contains matching that compiled to SQL LIKE substring matching on SQLite. An OAuth subject containing percent or underscore wildcard characters could resolve to a different stored identity, potentially selecting an administrator account and issuing the attacker that account's session; PostgreSQL deployments were not affected. 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-wpmr-8h3q-fwj7
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/28624
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/73c1f5806aeb6345dad5de8f5aa26d1f3d0bef80
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.1

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