{
 "id": "AIR-2026-0919",
 "slug": "cve-2026-87998-open-webui-unauthorized-knowledge-connection",
 "title": "CVE-2026-87998: Open WebUI unauthorized knowledge connection deletion",
 "summary": "Open WebUI contained an authorization flaw that allowed authenticated non-admin users to delete shared external knowledge connections. The vulnerability has been addressed by maintainers.",
 "type": "attack_on_ai",
 "categories": [
  "infra_vuln"
 ],
 "severity": 2,
 "targets": [
  "framework_or_tooling"
 ],
 "products": [
  "Open WebUI"
 ],
 "incident_date": "2026-09-10",
 "incident_date_precision": "day",
 "first_reported": "2026-09-09",
 "sources": [
  {
   "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-87998",
   "publisher": "NVD",
   "title": "CVE-2026-87998: Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform.",
   "published_at": "2026-09-09"
  },
  {
   "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2724-6cpj-gf3v",
   "publisher": "GitHub Advisory Database",
   "title": "CVE-2026-87998: Open WebUI: Non-admin users can delete admin-owned external knowledge connections via knowledge base deletion",
   "published_at": "2026-09-10"
  }
 ],
 "source_count": 2,
 "confidence": 0.95,
 "status": "published",
 "origin": "seed_ghsa",
 "tags": [
  "CVE-2026-87998",
  "open webui"
 ],
 "created_at": "2026-10-18T07:00:14.101Z",
 "updated_at": "2026-10-18T10:04:21.885Z"
}