CVE-2026-44563: Open WebUI Ollama Model Access Control Bypass
Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability
Open WebUI suffers from a model access control bypass vulnerability across several Ollama proxy endpoints. Users should upgrade to a fixed version to prevent unauthorized model access.
disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why
Details
- type
- Attack on AIAn AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
- categories
- Infrastructure vulnerabilityCVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
- Infrastructure vulnerability
- owasp llm top 10
- mitre atlas
- no technique for these categoriesBoth rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
- severity
- 2 · Disclosed vulnerabilityCVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
- targets
- Framework / tooling
- products
- Open WebUI, Ollama
- incident date
- 8 May 2026
- first reported
- 8 May 2026
- origin
- GitHub Advisory DatabaseVulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- classifier confidence
- 0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
- tags
- CVE-2026-44563 · access_control · ollama
- record
- created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json
Sources · 2
- 2026-05-08CVE-2026-44563: Open WebUI's Ollama Model Access Control Bypass via /api/generate, /api/embed, /api/embeddings, and /api/showGitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-rcvp-6fgw-c7fh
- 2026-05-15CVE-2026-44563: Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline.NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-44563
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