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CVE-2026-59224 (GCVE-0-2026-59224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 17:09 – Updated: 2026-07-10 03:55

Title

Open WebUI: Terminal proxy forwards a spoofable, integrity-unbound user identity to the upstream (X-User-Id header and ws_terminal session_id query injection)

Summary

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. Prior to 0.10.0, backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py built the ws_terminal upstream URL from an unencoded session_id and appended user_id as a query parameter, allowing query injection to make the terminal backend resolve another user identity; the HTTP proxy path also forwarded X-User-Id as an integrity-unbound identity claim. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.

Severity

8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2026-07-09 00:00 UTC

CWE

CWE-287 - Improper Authentication
CWE-290 - Authentication Bypass by Spoofing

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26042	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/5…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
open-webui	open-webui	Affected: < 0.10.0	guessed

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FKIE_CVE-2026-59224

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-09 17:17 - Updated: 2026-07-10 15:22

Severity

8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/5f3a628a8d291bb5d33e1a0b0c89fb62a2927934	Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26042	Issue Tracking, Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.10.0	Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-j657-m4c4-24jq	Mitigation, Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	openwebui	open_webui	*

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GHSA-J657-M4C4-24JQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-07-24 20:49 – Updated: 2026-07-24 20:49

Summary

Open WebUI: Terminal proxy forwards a spoofable, integrity-unbound user identity to the upstream (X-User-Id header and ws_terminal session_id query injection)

Details

Summary

The terminal proxy in backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py forwards the Open WebUI user's identity to the upstream terminal server / backend coordinator as an authorization claim, with no cryptographic binding to the session that produced it. The forwarded identity is attacker-influenceable on both proxy paths:

HTTP path (proxy_terminal) sets headers['X-User-Id'] = user.id. Upstreams that trust X-User-Id as identity receive it unsigned, so an attacker who can reach the upstream by other means (directly, a compromised peer, SSRF) can spoof it.
WebSocket path (ws_terminal) is exploitable through Open WebUI itself, with no "other means" required. It interpolates the path parameter session_id directly into the upstream URL and then appends ?user_id=<caller>:

python upstream_url = f'{ws_base}/p/{policy_id}/api/terminals/{session_id}' upstream_url += f'?{urllib.parse.urlencode({"user_id": user.id})}'

session_id is neither validated nor URL-encoded (the HTTP sibling runs _sanitize_proxy_path; this path runs nothing). An encoded ?/& smuggled through session_id survives Open WebUI's single decode and is re-decoded by the upstream, injecting an attacker-chosen user_id ahead of the appended one. Query parsing binds the first occurrence, so the backend coordinator resolves the spoofed user's terminal scope.

Technical Details

The forwarded terminal identity is a bearer-style authorization claim with no integrity binding, and on the WebSocket path it is additionally injectable because session_id is concatenated into the URL without encoding or delimiter validation.

Impact

A normal authenticated user can make the terminal proxy present another user's identity to the upstream backend coordinator. On backend coordinator-backed (policy_id) servers that scope terminal containers by user_id, this reaches another user's terminal scope; combined with a known active session ID (for example a chat-scoped session ID surfaced through a shared chat), it allows attaching to that user's live PTY. The HTTP-path variant additionally allows identity spoofing at the upstream tier for any deployment whose upstream trusts X-User-Id.

Appendix: Affected code

backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py — proxy_terminal sets headers['X-User-Id'] = user.id with no signature.
backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py — ws_terminal builds the upstream URL from an unvalidated, unencoded session_id and appends user_id as a query parameter, allowing query injection.

Appendix: Consolidation

Per the Report Handling policy, this consolidates independent reports of the same root cause (the forwarded terminal identity is spoofable / not integrity-bound) into the earliest filing:

@smoke-wolf (earliest filing) — the X-User-Id HTTP-path identity is forwarded without integrity binding, spoofable where the upstream trusts the header.
@rexpository — the ws_terminal session_id query-injection vector, proving the forwarded user_id is spoofable through the Open WebUI proxy itself, with no "reach the upstream by other means" precondition.

Appendix: Recommended fix

Validate and URL-encode session_id before building the upstream URL (urllib.parse.quote(session_id, safe=""); reject ?, #, &, /, %, backslash, control characters). Build the query string with a URL builder so attacker-controlled path content cannot precede it.
Bind the forwarded identity instead of passing a raw user_id / X-User-Id: emit a short-lived signed claim (for example HS256 over {uid, iat, aud:server_id} with a key shared only with the specific upstream) and verify it upstream.

Severity

8.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

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      },
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  "details": "## Summary\n\nThe terminal proxy in `backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py` forwards the Open WebUI user\u0027s identity to the upstream terminal server / backend coordinator as an authorization claim, with no cryptographic binding to the session that produced it. The forwarded identity is attacker-influenceable on both proxy paths:\n\n1. **HTTP path (`proxy_terminal`)** sets `headers[\u0027X-User-Id\u0027] = user.id`. Upstreams that trust `X-User-Id` as identity receive it unsigned, so an attacker who can reach the upstream by other means (directly, a compromised peer, SSRF) can spoof it.\n2. **WebSocket path (`ws_terminal`)** is exploitable through Open WebUI itself, with no \"other means\" required. It interpolates the path parameter `session_id` directly into the upstream URL and then appends `?user_id=\u003ccaller\u003e`:\n\n   ```python\n   upstream_url = f\u0027{ws_base}/p/{policy_id}/api/terminals/{session_id}\u0027\n   upstream_url += f\u0027?{urllib.parse.urlencode({\"user_id\": user.id})}\u0027\n   ```\n\n`session_id` is neither validated nor URL-encoded (the HTTP sibling runs `_sanitize_proxy_path`; this path runs nothing). An encoded `?`/`\u0026` smuggled through `session_id` survives Open WebUI\u0027s single decode and is re-decoded by the upstream, injecting an attacker-chosen `user_id` ahead of the appended one. Query parsing binds the first occurrence, so the backend coordinator resolves the spoofed user\u0027s terminal scope.\n\n## Technical Details\n\nThe forwarded terminal identity is a bearer-style authorization claim with no integrity binding, and on the WebSocket path it is additionally injectable because `session_id` is concatenated into the URL without encoding or delimiter validation.\n\n## Impact\n\nA normal authenticated user can make the terminal proxy present another user\u0027s identity to the upstream backend coordinator. On backend coordinator-backed (`policy_id`) servers that scope terminal containers by `user_id`, this reaches another user\u0027s terminal scope; combined with a known active session ID (for example a chat-scoped session ID surfaced through a shared chat), it allows attaching to that user\u0027s live PTY. The HTTP-path variant additionally allows identity spoofing at the upstream tier for any deployment whose upstream trusts `X-User-Id`.\n\n## Appendix: Affected code\n\n- `backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py` \u2014 `proxy_terminal` sets `headers[\u0027X-User-Id\u0027] = user.id` with no signature.\n- `backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py` \u2014 `ws_terminal` builds the upstream URL from an unvalidated, unencoded `session_id` and appends `user_id` as a query parameter, allowing query injection.\n\n## Appendix: Consolidation\n\nPer the Report Handling policy, this consolidates independent reports of the same root cause (the forwarded terminal identity is spoofable / not integrity-bound) into the earliest filing:\n\n- **@smoke-wolf** (earliest filing) \u2014 the `X-User-Id` HTTP-path identity is forwarded without integrity binding, spoofable where the upstream trusts the header.\n- **@rexpository** \u2014 the `ws_terminal` `session_id` query-injection vector, proving the forwarded `user_id` is spoofable through the Open WebUI proxy itself, with no \"reach the upstream by other means\" precondition.\n\n## Appendix: Recommended fix\n\n- Validate and URL-encode `session_id` before building the upstream URL (`urllib.parse.quote(session_id, safe=\"\")`; reject `?`, `#`, `\u0026`, `/`, `%`, backslash, control characters). Build the query string with a URL builder so attacker-controlled path content cannot precede it.\n- Bind the forwarded identity instead of passing a raw `user_id` / `X-User-Id`: emit a short-lived signed claim (for example HS256 over `{uid, iat, aud:server_id}` with a key shared only with the specific upstream) and verify it upstream.",
  "id": "GHSA-j657-m4c4-24jq",
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    },
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/5f3a628a8d291bb5d33e1a0b0c89fb62a2927934"
    },
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Open WebUI: Terminal proxy forwards a spoofable, integrity-unbound user identity to the upstream (X-User-Id header and ws_terminal session_id query injection)"
}

PYSEC-2026-3600

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-08-04 11:34 - Updated: 2026-08-04 13:36

Details

Summary

HTTP path (proxy_terminal) sets headers['X-User-Id'] = user.id. Upstreams that trust X-User-Id as identity receive it unsigned, so an attacker who can reach the upstream by other means (directly, a compromised peer, SSRF) can spoof it.
WebSocket path (ws_terminal) is exploitable through Open WebUI itself, with no "other means" required. It interpolates the path parameter session_id directly into the upstream URL and then appends ?user_id=<caller>:

python upstream_url = f'{ws_base}/p/{policy_id}/api/terminals/{session_id}' upstream_url += f'?{urllib.parse.urlencode({"user_id": user.id})}'

Technical Details

Impact

Appendix: Affected code

backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py — proxy_terminal sets headers['X-User-Id'] = user.id with no signature.
backend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py — ws_terminal builds the upstream URL from an unvalidated, unencoded session_id and appends user_id as a query parameter, allowing query injection.

Appendix: Consolidation

Per the Report Handling policy, this consolidates independent reports of the same root cause (the forwarded terminal identity is spoofable / not integrity-bound) into the earliest filing:

@smoke-wolf (earliest filing) — the X-User-Id HTTP-path identity is forwarded without integrity binding, spoofable where the upstream trusts the header.
@rexpository — the ws_terminal session_id query-injection vector, proving the forwarded user_id is spoofable through the Open WebUI proxy itself, with no "reach the upstream by other means" precondition.

Appendix: Recommended fix

Validate and URL-encode session_id before building the upstream URL (urllib.parse.quote(session_id, safe=""); reject ?, #, &, /, %, backslash, control characters). Build the query string with a URL builder so attacker-controlled path content cannot precede it.
Bind the forwarded identity instead of passing a raw user_id / X-User-Id: emit a short-lived signed claim (for example HS256 over {uid, iat, aud:server_id} with a key shared only with the specific upstream) and verify it upstream.

Severity

8.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Impacted products

Name	purl
open-webui	pkg:pypi/open-webui

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}

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CVE-2026-59224 (GCVE-0-2026-59224)

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PYSEC-2026-3600

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