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CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI Denial of Service via Markdown Endpoint

Open WebUI

An unauthenticated markdown-to-HTML conversion endpoint in Open WebUI can be abused with crafted payloads to cause high resource consumption and denial of service. The application becomes unresponsive until parsing completes.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.01 · top 41% · 2026-11-13
EPSS scores by FIRST
fix status
Fix status unknown
first report
20 Mar 2025
last update
20 Mar 2025
CVE ids
CVE-2024-7983other records

Timeline · 1

  1. 20 Mar 2025CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI denial of service through endpoint for converting markdown

Sources · 1

Advisories and databases

  1. 2025-03-20
    CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI denial of service through endpoint for converting markdown
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v9m-57mq-qc75

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Classification

lane
Patch now
AI role
Attack on AI
categories
Infrastructure vulnerability
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
fix status
Fix status unknown
targets
Framework / tooling
owasp llm top 10
LLM03:2025 Supply Chain
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
tags
open-webuidos
dates
happened 20 Mar 2025 · first reported 20 Mar 2025
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
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record
confidence 0.95 · created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 07:00Z

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# CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI Denial of Service via Markdown Endpoint

https://gcdradar.vercel.app/incidents/cve-2024-7983-open-webui-denial-of-service-via-markdown-endp · AIR-2025-0252 · closed 2025-03-20

- Lane: Patch now
- Severity: 2 (Disclosed vulnerability)
- Fix status: Fix status unknown
- First reported: 2025-03-20
- AI role: Attack on AI
- Products: Open WebUI
- CVE ids: CVE-2024-7983
- CVSS: 7.5

## Summary

An unauthenticated markdown-to-HTML conversion endpoint in Open WebUI can be abused with crafted payloads to cause high resource consumption and denial of service. The application becomes unresponsive until parsing completes.

## What to do

No action recorded; read the sources below and the vendor's advisory.

## Latest updates

- 2025-03-20: CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI denial of service through endpoint for converting markdown (https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v9m-57mq-qc75)

## Sources

- 2025-03-20 GitHub Advisory Database: CVE-2024-7983: Open WebUI denial of service through endpoint for converting markdown https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5v9m-57mq-qc75

Verify against the vendor's advisory before changing production. Data CC BY-SA 4.0, https://gcdradar.vercel.app.

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