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CVE-2026-70492

📛 CVE Title

Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages

Description

Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Markdown/KatexRenderer.svelte could store and render a chat message whose math block makes KaTeX fail with a stack overflow instead of a parse error. The catch branch fell back to inserting the original math source into the page as HTML through {@html} rather than as text, so script in the message runs in the browser of whoever views it, including shared chats and channels. The viewer's session token in localStorage can be stolen, and an administrator viewer can have their account taken over. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
GitHub_M
CVSS severity
HIGH
CVSS score
CVSS 8.7 / 10 8.7 8.7 / 10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Effective score
8.7 / 10 HIGH source: CNA overview
CWE(s)
CWE-79
Reserved
2026-08-04
Published
2026-08-04 20:53 UTC
Last updated
2026-08-04 20:53 UTC
Source
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/main/cves/2026/70xxx/CVE-2026-70492.json
Linked Threat
CVE-2026-70492 — Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unescaped KaTeX render-error fallback in rendered messages

Affected products (1)

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
open-webui open-webui >= 0.10.0, < 0.11.0 (affected)

Vendor references (4)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

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Raw JSON

The full cvelistV5 record. Download as CVE-2026-70492.json.

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              "version": ">= 0.10.0, < 0.11.0"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.10.0 until 0.11.0, src/lib/components/chat/Messages/Markdown/KatexRenderer.svelte could store and render a chat message whose math block makes KaTeX fail with a stack overflow instead of a parse error. The catch branch fell back to inserting the original math source into the page as HTML through {@html} rather than as text, so script in the message runs in the browser of whoever views it, including shared chats and channels. The viewer's session token in localStorage can be stolen, and an administrator viewer can have their account taken over. This issue is fixed in 0.11.0."
        }
      ],
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            "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
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            "scope": "CHANGED",
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            {
              "cweId": "CWE-79",
              "description": "CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')",
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      "providerMetadata": {
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      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-pwxh-7358-jq2x",
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            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-pwxh-7358-jq2x"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/26718",
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        },
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