6.5
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2026-88002
Open WebUI: Any authenticated user can hang the server via a cyclic chat message history
Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.5.0 until 0.11.1, the message-chain reconstruction helper in backend/open_webui/utils/misc.py advanced through a chat history by map key but tracked visited entries using each message body's optional id field. An authenticated user could store id-less messages in a parent cycle and trigger a non-terminating walk that blocked the async event loop, grew memory until termination, and remained persistent across process restarts. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Sept. 9, 2026, 10:18 p.m.

Last Modified :

Sept. 9, 2026, 10:18 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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No affected product recoded yet

CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Update Open WebUI to version 0.11.1 to fix a denial-of-service vulnerability.
  • Update Open WebUI to version 0.11.1.
  • Restart the application process.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-88002 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Sep. 09, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.5.0 until 0.11.1, the message-chain reconstruction helper in backend/open_webui/utils/misc.py advanced through a chat history by map key but tracked visited entries using each message body's optional id field. An authenticated user could store id-less messages in a parent cycle and trigger a non-terminating walk that blocked the async event loop, grew memory until termination, and remained persistent across process restarts. This issue is fixed in version 0.11.1.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-835
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/88xxx/CVE-2026-88002.json">CVE-2026-88002</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/5c79ccc9e5c9efc2bc024d8f0b9757652ece929a
    Added Reference https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/28034
    Added Reference https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.1
    Added Reference https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-jqhh-cjmq-vmv6
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