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.

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Tue, 10 Mar 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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


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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'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-03-10T17:36:55.671Z

Reserved: 2026-03-07T17:27:05.310Z

Link: CVE-2025-15603

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T17:36:50.953Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-03-09T21:16:09.580

Modified: 2026-03-11T13:53:47.157

Link: CVE-2025-15603

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-03-10T14:07:06Z

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