CVE-2026-87015
CVE-2026-87015 — Open WebUI: A user's session cookies are sent to tool servers configured for bearer authentication
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.6.27 until 0.11.1, backend/open_webui/utils/tools.py captured a cookie jar from the enclosing connection loop instead of binding it to each external tool callable. When multiple tool servers were attached and a session or system OAuth connection was processed last, a request to a different server configured for bearer authentication could include the calling user's Open WebUI session cookies, allowing that server's operator to reuse the session and take over the account. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.
Published Updated Sources: NVD, open-webui (CNA), GitHub, SOCRadar CTI
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Exploit code
public exploit, none observed
EPSS
0%
ahead of 0% of scored CVEs
CVSS base
6.8
medium
Remediation
The vendor's own words where we have them.
Upgrade open-webui to a fixed release. Apply vendor patches per advisory and restrict external exposure of the affected component until patched.
First 24 hours
Ordered from the record's own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found.
- Identify exposed assets running affected vendor/product/version combinations.
- Prioritize based on EPSS, PoC availability, and external exposure.
- Search available logs for exploit probes, errors, authentication anomalies, or suspicious child processes matching the vulnerability class.
Affected scope
Vendor, product and version as the advisories word them.
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| open-webui | open-webui | >= 0.6.27, < 0.11.1 | Vulnerable |
Attack characteristics
The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.
Availability
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Scope
Unchanged
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Vector
Network
Privileges Req
None
User Interaction
Required
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.8 | CVSS 3.1 | medium | 1.6 | 5.2 | GitHub (CNA), open-webui (CNA) |
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
What this weakness leads to
MITRE's own consequences and mitigations for the weakness class — the authority's wording, not guidance derived from the CVSS vector.
CWE-201 · Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data
- Read Files or Directories
- Read Memory
- Read Application Data
Mitigation: Specify which data in the software should be regarded as sensitive. Consider which types of users should have access to which types of data.
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-201
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
Public exploit
Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.
Repositories
1
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /open_webui/utils/tools.py.
- Prioritize edge telemetry for network-reachable open-webui.
- Monitor for scanner or exploit-pattern traffic after 1 public PoC repositories were reported.
Timeline
What happened to this CVE, newest first — with the readings a source repeats on a schedule counted underneath rather than listed.
- 2026
Added · CVSS 3.1 6.8 (AV:N)
Sep 9, 2026 · NVD
Initial · CVE published
Sep 9, 2026 · NVD
CVE published by MITRE.
Sep 9, 2026 · SOCRadar CTI
References
4 on the record
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/cd9db21c5276807a2975ddba17cef369ad1114b7
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/28630
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.1
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-p78m-89r6-pgf7
Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Mitre
Elsewhere on this site
- open-webuievery CVE for this vendor
- Unclassifiedsame class
- CWE-201other pages naming this weakness
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.
Answered from this record1
What should defenders know first?
CVE-2026-87015 is Open WebUI: A user's session cookies are sent to tool servers configured for bearer authentication, a medium vulnerability affecting open-webui from open-webui. The current evidence does not list it in CISA KEV, and the exploit status is: Active exploitation is not confirmed from current sources for CVE-2026-87015. Public exploit evidence is: 1 public PoC repositories reported; 0 marked weaponized in current dataset. The affected-version evidence is listed in the key facts and affected products tables. Defenders should first verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run those versions, then apply vendor patches or mitigations, restrict reachable attack surface, and preserve logs for detection review. CVSS 6.8 describes technical severity, while EPSS 0% helps estimate near-term exploit likelihood; neither replaces asset context. Unknown fields should remain explicit in tickets, and threat actor, IOC, victimology, or payload claims should not be added unless a cited source supports them. Monitor CISA KEV, vendor advisories, NVD changes, public PoC repositories, and internal telemetry for update triggers.