Unauthenticated presence manipulation via unchecked Socket.IO handlers
Published Jul 9, 2026 · Updated Jul 9, 2026
Missing authentication in Open WebUI 0.6.16 through 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to alter collaborative-document presence over Socket.IO. The ydoc:awareness:update and ydoc:document:leave handlers trust unauthenticated sockets admitted by always_connect=True, accept client-supplied document and user identifiers, and broadcast forged presence or leave events without SESSION_POOL or room-membership checks. Reaching other users requires a known or guessed note UUID; forged events disrupt live cursors and presence, while unlimited anonymous WebSocket sessions can exhaust server resources.
Summary
What happened
Missing authentication in Open WebUI 0.6.16 through 0.9.6 allows remote attackers to alter collaborative-document presence over Socket.IO. The ydoc:awareness:update and ydoc:document:leave handlers trust unauthenticated sockets admitted by always_connect=True, accept client-supplied document and user identifiers, and broadcast forged presence or leave events without SESSION_POOL or room-membership checks. Reaching other users requires a known or guessed note UUID; forged events disrupt live cursors and presence, while unlimited anonymous WebSocket sessions can exhaust server resources.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-59715
- Published
- Jul 9, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 9, 2026
- Vendor
- Open WebUI
- Product
- Open WebUI
- Classifications
- CWE-306, T1499.002, T1565.003
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 9, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 9, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=>= 0.6.16, < 0.10.0
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- GHSA Socket.IO collaboration-handler proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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