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CVE-2026-45829 (GCVE-0-2026-45829)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-05-18 15:59 – Updated: 2026-06-29 12:34

Summary

A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the /api/v2/tenants/{tenant}/databases/{db}/collections endpoint.

Severity

10 (Critical)


                        
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10 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Assigner

HiddenLayer

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-…
https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45829	vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
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https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/v…	x_sadp-csaf-vex

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Chroma	ChromaDB	Affected: 1.0.0 , ≤ * (semver)
Red Hat	Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3	cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux_ai:3

Credits

Esteban Tonglet

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FKIE_CVE-2026-45829

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-05-18 17:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:52

Severity

10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Summary

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GHSA-F4J7-R4Q5-QW2C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-05-18 18:31 – Updated: 2026-05-29 19:15

Summary

ChromaDB Python project has a pre-authentication code injection vulnerability

Details

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P

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    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "chromadb"
      },
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-05-29T19:15:04Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-05-18T17:16:34Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the\u00a0/api/v2/tenants/{tenant}/databases/{db}/collections endpoint.",
  "id": "GHSA-f4j7-r4q5-qw2c",
  "modified": "2026-05-29T19:15:04Z",
  "published": "2026-05-18T18:31:30Z",
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
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  "summary": "ChromaDB Python project has a pre-authentication code injection vulnerability"
}

PYSEC-2026-311

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-06-29 11:50 - Updated: 2026-06-29 12:05

Details

Severity

9.3 (Critical)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:P

Impacted products

Name	purl
chromadb

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "PyPI",
        "name": "chromadb"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
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      ],
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        "1.0.11",
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        "1.0.5",
        "1.0.6",
        "1.0.7",
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        "1.0.9",
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        "1.3.3",
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        "1.3.6",
        "1.3.7",
        "1.4.0",
        "1.4.1",
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        "1.5.1",
        "1.5.2",
        "1.5.3",
        "1.5.4",
        "1.5.5",
        "1.5.6",
        "1.5.7",
        "1.5.8",
        "1.5.9"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "CVE-2026-45829",
    "GHSA-f4j7-r4q5-qw2c"
  ],
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  "id": "PYSEC-2026-311",
  "modified": "2026-06-29T12:05:23.808560Z",
  "published": "2026-06-29T11:50:50.691654Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth"
    },
    {
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      "type": "CVSS_V4"
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  "summary": "ChromaDB Python project has a pre-authentication code injection vulnerability"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted

CVE-2026-45829 (GCVE-0-2026-45829)

FKIE_CVE-2026-45829

GHSA-F4J7-R4Q5-QW2C

PYSEC-2026-311

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Sightings

Nomenclature