Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the is_user_channel_member function checks whether a ChannelMember row exists but does not check the is_active field. When a user is deactivated from a group or DM channel (removed by the channel owner, or leaves voluntarily), their membership row persists with is_active=False and status='left'. Because the authorization check ignores this field, the deactivated user retains full read and write access to the channel via direct API calls. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hmgr-67hw-j2cq Open WebUI: Deactivated Channel Members Retain Full Access to Group/DM Channels
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Fri, 15 May 2026 21:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui
Vendors & Products Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui

Fri, 15 May 2026 21:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, the is_user_channel_member function checks whether a ChannelMember row exists but does not check the is_active field. When a user is deactivated from a group or DM channel (removed by the channel owner, or leaves voluntarily), their membership row persists with is_active=False and status='left'. Because the authorization check ignores this field, the deactivated user retains full read and write access to the channel via direct API calls. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.
Title Open WebUI: Deactivated Channel Members Retain Full Access to Group/DM Channels
Weaknesses CWE-863
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:22:00.557Z

Reserved: 2026-05-06T20:59:00.595Z

Link: CVE-2026-44561

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T20:21:57.244Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-05-15T20:16:47.743

Modified: 2026-05-15T21:16:36.170

Link: CVE-2026-44561

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-15T21:30:08Z

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