Open WebUI 0.11.0 before 0.11.4 compiles user-chosen grep patterns for its knowledge and chat file search tools with a regex engine that expands nested counted repetition unbounded at compile time and caches the result. Authenticated users can have the model call grep_knowledge_files with short nested-repetition patterns, blocking the event loop and exhausting worker memory.
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-770

Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:30:00 +0000

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Description Open WebUI 0.11.0 before 0.11.4 compiles user-chosen grep patterns for its knowledge and chat file search tools with a regex engine that expands nested counted repetition unbounded at compile time and caches the result. Authenticated users can have the model call grep_knowledge_files with short nested-repetition patterns, blocking the event loop and exhausting worker memory.
Title Open WebUI 0.11.0 before 0.11.4 Memory Exhaustion via Knowledge Search Regex
First Time appeared Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
Weaknesses CWE-400
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-23T21:57:59.402Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T14:13:39.026Z

Link: CVE-2026-109298

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-13T15:46:08.071Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-10-12T17:17:23.390

Modified: 2026-10-23T22:16:54.930

Link: CVE-2026-109298

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-24T00:00:19Z

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