GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI

GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability

CRITICAL Published 2026-06-12 Modified 2026-08-24 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-45833
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
chromadb
Severity
Critical
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Weaknesses
CWE-94
Reviewed
2026-08-24

Affected packages

• PyPI chromadb: >= 0.4.17, <= 1.5.9 (no fix yet)

Description

A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary code on the server by sending a malicious model repository and trust_remote_code set to true in the /api/v2/tenants/default_tenant/databases/default_database/collections/{collection_id} if they have the UPDATE_COLLECTION permission.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-45833 A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrary… vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References