CVE-2026-44553: open-webui Insufficient Session Expiration

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-44553 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Insufficient Session Expiration vulnerability in open-webui. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 15-05-2026
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 19-05-2026
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Open WebUI is a self-hosted artificial intelligence platform designed to operate entirely offline. Prior to 0.9.0, administrative role changes and user deletions do not iterate SESSION_POOL to disconnect affected sessions. As a result, a user whose admin role has been revoked retains admin privileges within their existing Socket.IO session for as long as they keep the connection alive (via automatic heartbeats). The gap is exclusive to the Socket.IO session cache. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.9.0.

• CWE-613Insufficient Session ExpirationAccording to WASC, "Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization."