{"id":"CVE-2026-54014","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-54014","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:40:55.510Z","title":"Prior to 0.9.6, a path traversal vulnerability exists in open-webui's cache file serving endpoint that allows any authenticated user to read files from sibling directories outside the intended cache directory, by exploiting an incomplete startswith…","description":"Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.6, a path traversal vulnerability exists in open-webui's cache file serving endpoint that allows any authenticated user to read files from sibling directories outside the intended cache directory, by exploiting an incomplete startswith containment check that lacks a trailing path separator. The root cause is that serve_cache_file() in open_webui/main.py validates the resolved path with file_path.startswith(os.path.abspath(CACHE_DIR)) — without appending os.sep. This allows any path resolving to a sibling directory whose name begins with cache (e.g. cache_sibling, cache_backup, cached_models) to pass validation. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.6.","published":"2026-06-23T18:18:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-25T14:36:18.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"security-advisories@github.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["openwebui/open webui"],"epss":{"score":0.00361,"percentile":0.29684,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.36%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory","Mitigation"],"source":"security-advisories@github.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j2c8-v969-8r5c","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory","Mitigation"],"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-54014","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}