Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Markdown/KatexRenderer.svelte could store and render a chat message whose math block makes KaTeX fail with a stack overflow instead of a parse error. The catch branch fell back to inserting the original math source into the page as HTML through {@html} rather than as text, so script in the message runs in the browser of whoever views it, including shared chats and channels. The viewer's session token in localStorage can be stolen, and an administrator viewer can have their account taken over. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

No CVSS v4.0

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Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

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The EPSS score is 0.00261.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pwxh-7358-jq2x Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages
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https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/bc600d3f085802c45aa8f38c30e6e8c986bde6cc cve-icon
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26718 cve-icon
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.11.0 cve-icon
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-pwxh-7358-jq2x cve-icon
History

Tue, 04 Aug 2026 23:00:00 +0000

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Description Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Markdown/KatexRenderer.svelte could store and render a chat message whose math block makes KaTeX fail with a stack overflow instead of a parse error. The catch branch fell back to inserting the original math source into the page as HTML through {@html} rather than as text, so script in the message runs in the browser of whoever views it, including shared chats and channels. The viewer's session token in localStorage can be stolen, and an administrator viewer can have their account taken over. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.
Title Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N'}

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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-04T20:53:36.141Z

Reserved: 2026-08-04T15:24:41.340Z

Link: CVE-2026-70492

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Updated: 2026-08-04T22:45:03Z

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