High

Open WebUI allows Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary File Upload to /audio/api/v1/transcriptions

  • Disclosed: 20.03.2025
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 13:18

OpenWebUI version 0.3.0 contains a vulnerability in the audio API endpoint /audio/api/v1/transcriptions that allows for arbitrary file upload. The application performs insufficient validation on the file.content_type and allows user-controlled filenames, leading to a path traversal vulnerability. This can be exploited by an authenticated user to overwrite critical files within the Docker container, potentially leading to remote code execution as the root user.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) open-webui < 0.5.17 0.5.17

References

CVSS score 8.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-22, CWE-434
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
open-webui
Disclosed
20.03.2025
Updated
11.10.2026 13:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-1731 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-ff5c-56m7-vc75 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: open-webui

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (161) in the archive
Total entries
161
First → latest
08.2024 09.2026
Without a fix
11
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 77
  • Medium 75
  • Low 8

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 3
  2. 2025: 21
  3. 2026: 137
Severity:
  1. Open WebUI allows Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary File Upload to /audio/api/v1/transcriptions this entry
    High · 8.1 CVE-2024-8060 < 0.5.17 0.5.17
  2. High · 7.7 CVE-2026-59221 >= 0.9.6, < 0.10.0 0.10.0
  3. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-59214 < 0.10.0 0.10.0
  4. High · 8.7 CVE-2026-54011 < 0.9.6 0.9.6
  5. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-45349 < 0.9.0 0.9.0
  6. High · 7.7 CVE-2026-45303 < 0.6.5 0.6.5
  7. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-44569 < 0.6.19 0.6.19
  8. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-44565 < 0.6.10 0.6.10
  9. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-44566 < 0.1.124 0.1.124
  10. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-44567 < 0.1.124 0.1.124
  11. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-44549 < 0.8.0 0.8.0
  12. Critical · 9.1 CVE-2026-44551 < 0.9.0 0.9.0
  13. High · 7.3 CVE-2026-44721 < 0.9.0 0.9.0
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