{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0.11.0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "0.11.4"
              }
            ],
            "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD"
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "f9590b8017199e56d5e953657e6498e3cef1d246"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8bd8b4fac5e059578ac0c74b3c18d11139f88b7d"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-gww9-mhgj-pfqh"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-400"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/109xxx/CVE-2026-109298.json"
  },
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-109298",
  "modified": "2026-10-13T02:31:07.221564007Z",
  "published": "2026-10-12T16:04:56.895Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/109xxx/CVE-2026-109298.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/97e013a66169c4fcd7f26ab9e41a4ff260ffd4da"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/security/advisories/GHSA-gww9-mhgj-pfqh"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109298"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/open-webui-0.11.0-before-0.11.4-memory-exhaustion-via-knowledge-search-regex"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "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",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Open WebUI 0.11.0 before 0.11.4 Memory Exhaustion via Knowledge Search Regex"
}