Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.3, his advisory tracks a regression of the original Excel-preview XSS (CVE-2026-44549). The same root cause — XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html() output rendered via {@html excelHtml} without DOMPurify — was reintroduced sometime after v0.8.0 and is exploitable again This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.3.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hcwp-82g6-8wxc Open WebUI has stored XSS via unsanitized Office/Excel/DOCX file preview rendering ({@html} without DOMPurify)
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Mon, 18 May 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:openwebui:open_webui:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Openwebui
Openwebui open Webui

Mon, 18 May 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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


Fri, 15 May 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui
Vendors & Products Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui

Fri, 15 May 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.3, his advisory tracks a regression of the original Excel-preview XSS (CVE-2026-44549). The same root cause — XLSX.utils.sheet_to_html() output rendered via {@html excelHtml} without DOMPurify — was reintroduced sometime after v0.8.0 and is exploitable again This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.3.
Title Open WebUI: Stored XSS via unsanitized Office/Excel/DOCX file preview rendering ({@html} without DOMPurify)
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-18T12:45:27.097Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T20:50:30.539Z

Link: CVE-2026-45318

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-05-18T12:45:21.702Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-05-15T22:16:54.653

Modified: 2026-05-18T20:12:44.263

Link: CVE-2026-45318

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-05-16T00:30:11Z

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