CVE-2026-54018
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline.
Impact
Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, the SafePlaywrightURLLoader implements a validate_url function to prevent SSRF attacks by checking the IP address of the user-provided URL. However, this validation is performed only on the initial URL. Since Playwright automatically follows HTTP redirects (301/302) by default, an attacker can bypass the validation by providing a safe URL that redirects to a restricted internal network address (e.g., localhost, Docker container network, or Cloud Metadata). This allows the application to access internal services despite ENABLE_RAG_LOCAL_WEB_FETCH being set to False This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.6.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | open-webui | <= 0.9.5 | 0.9.6 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Openwebui | Open Webui | before 0.9.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jrfp-m64g-pcwv
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jrfp-m64g-pcwv
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54018
- https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/open-webui/PYSEC-2026-2743.yaml
- https://pypi.org/project/open-webui