Описание
Open WebUI: Realtime endpoints accept Redis-revoked JWTs after signout/backchannel logout
Summary
With Redis configured, Open WebUI supports JWT revocation: POST /api/v1/auths/signout (per-token jti) and OIDC back-channel logout (per-user revoked_at) record revocations in Redis, and HTTP auth (get_current_user) rejects revoked tokens with 401. The realtime authentication surfaces do not perform this check: Socket.IO connect / user-join / join-channels / join-note and the terminal websocket first-message auth validate tokens with decode_token() only (signature + expiry). A JWT revoked by sign-out or back-channel logout therefore continues to authenticate new realtime connections, even though the same token is rejected on HTTP.
Affected component
backend/open_webui/socket/main.py— Socket.IOconnect,user-join,join-channels,join-notebackend/open_webui/routers/terminals.py— terminal websocket first-message authbackend/open_webui/utils/auth.py— the revocation check was applied to HTTP only
Root cause
HTTP auth enforces revocation:
Realtime auth calls decode_token() only, which verifies signature + expiry but never consults the Redis revocation keys ({prefix}:auth:token:{jti}:revoked, {prefix}:auth:user:{id}:revoked_at):
Impact
A JWT revoked by user sign-out or OIDC back-channel logout still authenticates new realtime connections. A stolen token therefore retains realtime access after the victim signs out or the IdP performs back-channel logout — the very remediation for a compromised token. The token can populate SESSION_POOL as the victim, join their user/channel/note rooms (receiving realtime channel messages, collaborative-note updates and presence), drive socket-level collaboration as the victim, and pass terminal websocket authentication when terminal servers are configured. HTTP remains correctly protected (401), so REST data and state-changing REST endpoints are not reachable with the revoked token.
Proof of Concept
Reporter PoC on a Redis-backed deployment (v0.9.6 and main): after POST /api/v1/auths/signout, HTTP returns 401 for the token while a Socket.IO user-join with the same token still authenticates, and the terminal WS reaches terminal-server lookup rather than rejecting it as Invalid token.
Fix
Apply the revocation check on the realtime paths. The logic is factored into is_token_revoked(redis, decoded) (covering per-token jti and per-user revoked_at); the Socket.IO handlers and the terminal WS reject tokens that fail it, using the main app Redis where revocations are stored. HTTP is_valid_token delegates to the same helper, so HTTP behaviour is unchanged.
Affected / Patched
- Affected:
>= 0.9.0, < 0.10.0, and only when Redis is configured (without Redis, per-token revocation is not supported and sign-out does not invalidate JWTs by design). - Patched: v0.10.0. The revocation check (
is_valid_token, covering per-tokenjtiand per-userrevoked_at) is applied on Socket.IO connect / user-join / join-channels / join-note and the terminal websocket first-message auth, using the main app Redis where revocations are stored. HTTPis_valid_tokendelegates to the same logic, so HTTP behaviour is unchanged.
Пакеты
open-webui
>= 0.9.0, < 0.10.0
0.10.0
Связанные уязвимости
Open WebUI is an extensible, feature-rich, and user-friendly self-hosted AI platform. From 0.9.0 before 0.10.0 with Redis configured, Socket.IO connect, user-join, join-channels, join-note, and the terminal websocket first-message authentication used decode_token without the Redis-backed is_valid_token revocation check, allowing revoked JWTs to continue authenticating realtime connections. This issue is fixed in version 0.10.0.