CVE-2025-15603

Published Mar 9, 2026 CVSS n/a EPSS n/a KEV · Not listed
Description
** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The vendor explains: "The 't0p-s3cr3t' default was dead code on every supported startup path: start.sh, start_windows.bat and `open-webui serve` all set or auto-generate WEBUI_SECRET_KEY before the backend imports env.py. It was only ever reachable by invoking uvicorn directly, which is unsupported and unsafe (the app would then sign tokens/cookies with a public, hardcoded key)."

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2rf6-9rc8-rqch Withdrawn Advisory: Open WebUI JWT Key Handler
References

No reference.

History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A security vulnerability has been detected in open-webui up to 0.6.16. Affected is an unknown function of the file backend/start_windows.bat of the component JWT Key Handler. Such manipulation of the argument WEBUI_SECRET_KEY leads to insufficiently random values. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. ** REJECT ** DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: none. Reason: This candidate was withdrawn by its CNA. Further investigation showed that it was not a security issue. Notes: The vendor explains: "The 't0p-s3cr3t' default was dead code on every supported startup path: start.sh, start_windows.bat and `open-webui serve` all set or auto-generate WEBUI_SECRET_KEY before the backend imports env.py. It was only ever reachable by invoking uvicorn directly, which is unsupported and unsafe (the app would then sign tokens/cookies with a public, hardcoded key)."
Title open-webui JWT Key start_windows.bat random values
Metrics cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

ssvc

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

cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui
Vendors & Products Open-webui
Open-webui open-webui
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A security vulnerability has been detected in open-webui up to 0.6.16. Affected is an unknown function of the file backend/start_windows.bat of the component JWT Key Handler. Such manipulation of the argument WEBUI_SECRET_KEY leads to insufficiently random values. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The attack requires a high level of complexity. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used.
Title open-webui JWT Key start_windows.bat random values
Weaknesses CWE-310
CWE-330
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 2.6, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

Status
REJECTED
Assigner
VulDB
Published
Updated
Jun 18, 2026, 5:47 AM
Reserved
Mar 7, 2026, 5:27 PM
Status
Rejected
Published
Mar 9, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 18, 2026, 6:16 AM