Open WebUI Package Vulnerability: Potential Write/Delete Access Risk
An early warning has been issued regarding a potential vulnerability in the Open WebUI package, version 0.9.6, which may allow authenticated users to upgrade read-only file access to write/delete.
What happened
Reportedly, the Open WebUI package contains a vulnerability that permits an authenticated user to escalate read-only access to another user's file to write/delete access. This issue appears to stem from an incomplete fix of a previous vulnerability. The specific components affected include the open webui (pypi) main, version 0.9.6.
Professional software engineers are advised to monitor for updates to the Open WebUI package and apply patches as they become available. The severity of this threat is currently assessed as high. Further details and confirmations should be obtained from the primary sources, as the situation is under investigation.
For more information, consult the GitHub security advisory [GHSA-2xwm-4h2q-ggfx](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-2xwm-4h2q-ggfx). Additional details and updates may be available in the [GHSA-vjqm-6gcc-62cr](https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/03/GHSA-vjqm-6gcc-62cr/GHSA-vjqm-6gcc-62cr.json) advisory.
How 0Day mitigates this
open webui is anywhere in your dependency tree, the engineers who own the affected repositories get a push alert the moment it is flagged — no manual audit to remember to run.Read how this differs from waiting on a scanner to catch a known advisory, or see the exact, read-only access 0Day needs to do this for an organization.