CVE-2026-59225: Open WebUI: Arena task endpoints can bypass underlying model access controls
An authenticated non-admin user with read access to an arena wrapper model can reach a restricted underlying model through task endpoints such as /api/v1/tasks/moa/completions.
The normal chat route resolves arena models before the final chat dispatch and therefore re-checks the selected underlying model. The task routes call utils.chat.generate_chat_completion() directly. In that direct path, arena fallback resolution happens after the wrapper access check and then recurses with bypass_filter=True, skipping the selected submodel’s access check.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-m3qf-58wf-w979
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/dc4924b66e655b315e3be4430a3e51b7d5c20acc
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26046
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/releases/tag/v0.10.0
- github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-m3qf-58wf-w979
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59225
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