open-webui up to 0.3.32 email/password resource consumption

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A vulnerability was found in open-webui up to 0.3.32. It has been rated as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument email/password leads to resource consumption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-12534. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in open-webui up to 0.3.32. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument email/password with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

In version v0.3.32 of open-webui/open-webui, the application allows users to submit large payloads in the email and password fields during the sign-in process due to the lack of character length validation on these inputs. This vulnerability can lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition when a user submits excessively large strings, exhausting server resources such as CPU, memory, and disk space, and rendering the service unavailable for legitimate users. This makes the server susceptible to resource exhaustion attacks without requiring authentication.

It is possible to read the advisory at huntr.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-12534 since 12/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• open-webui

Version

• 0.3.0
• 0.3.1
• 0.3.2
• 0.3.3
• 0.3.4
• 0.3.5
• 0.3.6
• 0.3.7
• 0.3.8
• 0.3.9
• 0.3.10
• 0.3.11
• 0.3.12
• 0.3.13
• 0.3.14
• 0.3.15
• 0.3.16
• 0.3.17
• 0.3.18
• 0.3.19
• 0.3.20
• 0.3.21
• 0.3.22
• 0.3.23
• 0.3.24
• 0.3.25
• 0.3.26
• 0.3.27
• 0.3.28
• 0.3.29
• 0.3.30
• 0.3.31
• 0.3.32

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