High 8.8Published Jun 12, 2026

CVE-2026-45833A 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 a…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 8.8 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jul 15, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

trychroma chromadb trychroma:chromadb	from 0.4.17 through 1.5.9	NVD

References

https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5third-party-advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json

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