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Open WebUI EUVDEUVD-2026-97599

| CVE-2026-109297 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-12 VulnCheck GHSA-m3p8-5778-73h9
7.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulnCheck
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Authenticate with automation-creation privilege
  2. Delivery
    Submit whitespace-folded sub-daily RRULE
  3. Exploit
    Validator guard bypassed, library expands per-second
  4. Execution
    Event loop blocked on request and each scheduler poll
  5. Impact
    Service-wide denial of service

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Requires an authenticated account holding the 'permitted to create automations' privilege (CVSS PR:L) - exploitation is impossible for fully unauthenticated attackers. The attacker must submit a recurrence rule that defeats the sub-daily frequency guard, concretely by whitespace-folding the rule text, or on version 0.11.0 specifically by using lowercase frequency keywords or omitting the RRULE prefix so the stricter validator and the executing calendar library diverge. Limiting factors: the flaw is confined to the automation recurrence-rule feature, impact is availability-only (no data exposure or modification), and real-world reach depends on how broadly automation-creation rights are granted - admin-only automation roles sharply reduce exposure, while instances that let ordinary users create automations are directly at risk. Patched in 0.11.4.

Impact

This is a moderate, authentication-gated availability threat rather than a top-tier emergency. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H) scores 7.1 and is internally consistent with the description: network-reachable, low complexity, but requiring low-level privileges - specifically a user already permitted to create automations - with impact confined entirely to availability (VA:H; no confidentiality or integrity effect). No EPSS score was supplied and the vulnerability is not in CISA KEV, so there is no confirmed active exploitation; no public exploit code was referenced either, making this 'no public exploit identified at time of analysis.' The SSVC-style read is low urgency: exploitation is not observed, technical impact is partial (DoS only), and while the per-second RRULE expansion is mechanically simple to trigger, it is not internet-wide automatable because an attacker must first hold a privileged automation-creation role. The main caveat is that PR:L depends on the deployment's authorization model - if automation creation is broadly granted to ordinary users (a common convenience configuration), the practical barrier is low; if restricted to admins, real-world risk drops further. Overall: a real but manageable DoS, prioritize patching for multi-user/shared instances over single-user deployments.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An authenticated user with automation-creation rights submits a recurrence rule that evades the sub-daily frequency guard via whitespace folding (or, on 0.11.0, lowercase frequencies or a missing RRULE prefix), causing the calendar library to expand it per-second. The synchronous expansion blocks the shared event loop for minutes on the triggering request and again on every scheduler poll, denying service to all other users. No public proof-of-concept was referenced, but the trigger is simple to craft from the description.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 12, 2026

Denial of service in Open WebUI 0.11.0 through 0.11.3 lets authenticated users who are permitted to create automations submit crafted recurrence rules that expand on a per-second basis, synchronously blocking the shared event loop for minutes per request and again on every scheduler poll. The root cause is a mismatch in strictness: the sub-daily frequency guard in the recurrence-rule validator parses rule text more strictly than the calendar library that actually executes it, so whitespace-folded rules (or, on 0.11.0 specifically, lowercase frequency keywords or omitted RRULE prefixes) slip past the guard yet still execute. The flaw is availability-only (CVE-2026-109297, CWE-400, CVSS 7.1) and authentication-gated; no public exploit code was identified at time of analysis and it is not confirmed actively exploited (not in CISA KEV), with patched builds available in 0.11.4.

RemediationAI

Upgrade to Open WebUI 0.11.4 or later, the vendor-released patch that aligns the recurrence-rule validator with the executing calendar library and closes the sub-daily bypass (see https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-whgc-vpjx-m3qh). If upgrading immediately is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to tighten the 'permitted to create automations' privilege so only fully trusted administrator accounts can author recurrence rules - the flaw requires an authenticated user with that specific permission and cannot be triggered by unauthenticated attackers, so restricting this right sharply reduces exposure, though the trade-off is loss of self-service automation for ordinary users. Administrators can also monitor and remove suspicious automation rules whose stored text contains folded whitespace or sub-daily frequencies, and watch for sustained event-loop latency or scheduler stalls, but these are detective measures that do not eliminate the underlying bypass and add operational overhead. No vendor-released patch beyond 0.11.4 is required per available data; version 0.11.0 in particular should be treated as fully exposed to the lowercase-frequency and omitted-RRULE-prefix variants. Full details and any vendor workarounds are documented at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-webui-0.11.0-before-0.11.4-denial-of-service-via-automation-recurrence-rules.

Affected VersionsENISA

open-webui 0.11.0 <0.11.4

Affected Packages

euvd open_webui fix: 0.11.4

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Open WebUI's automation feature accepts recurrence rules (RRULE-style scheduling strings) that are validated by a guard intended to reject sub-daily frequencies before being handed to a calendar/RRULE library for execution. The two parsers disagree on what constitutes a valid sub-daily rule: the guard is stricter, so inputs such as whitespace-folded rule text - and on 0.11.0 lowercase frequency keywords or rules missing the RRULE: prefix - are rejected by the guard's interpretation but accepted and expanded by the executing library as per-second recurrences. Because the expansion runs synchronously on the application's shared event loop, each such rule blocks that loop for minutes per request and re-triggers on every scheduler poll, producing a sustained resource-consumption condition classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). Both the reported CPE (cpe:2.3:a:open-webui:open-webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) and the affected version range (0.11.0 before 0.11.4) point to the Open WebUI server component; the impact is confined to availability with no confidentiality or integrity effect per either the CVSS 4.0 vector or the assessed CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulnCheck) PRIMARY 7.1 HIGH
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
vuln.today AI 6.5 MEDIUM

Network-reachable automation feature with low complexity; PR:L because a privileged automation-creation account is required; availability-only impact so C:N/I:N/A:H and scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulnCheck).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulnCheck

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
None
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
High
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

2
Patch available
Oct 12, 2026 - 18:03 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 12, 2026 - 16:04 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Open WebUI 0.11.0 before 0.11.4 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the automation recurrence-rule validator, whose sub-daily frequency guard parses rule text more strictly than the calendar library that executes it. Users permitted to create automations can submit whitespace-folded rules (or, in 0.11.0, lowercase frequencies or omitted RRULE prefixes) that expand per-second synchronously, blocking the shared event loop for minutes per request and on every scheduler poll.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Open WebUI releases 0.11.0 through 0.11.3, widely used as an internal chat and automation front end, can be driven into extended unresponsiveness by anyone already holding an account with permission to create automations - a single crafted entry repeatedly freezes the shared event loop and degrades the instance for every concurrent user and downstream workflow. The exposure is availability-only, so there is no data theft or credential compromise angle, but the low effort required and the fact that one privileged-but-routine user account is sufficient make this a realistic insider-misuse and account-takeover resilience concern. Leadership should care because the blast radius is the whole team's productivity rather than the individual attacker's session, and remediation requires a coordinated version upgrade across all deployed instances.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch is identified in the vulnerability record, though the advisory context references fixed builds in 0.11.4 that should be validated and applied as the definitive remedy. Interim mitigations: restrict automation-creation and recurrence-rule authoring to a small, trusted administrator group; disable or feature-flag the automations capability on any instance that cannot be upgraded promptly; enforce proxy-level request timeouts, concurrency limits, and per-user rate limiting in front of Open WebUI to bound how long a single request can occupy the shared event loop; monitor scheduler and request-latency telemetry for sustained stalls and alert on repeated multi-minute event-loop blockages; and review user accounts with automation privileges for signs of compromise or unexpected activity.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 78% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular self-hosted LLM chat UI, common in AI community not enterprise-wide
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact
Medium

Priority Score

36
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +36
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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