CVE-2026-45833
highpriority · attend · 45EPSS 0.003 · 28 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.4
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exploits (1)
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- e4zyy/Project-CVE-2026-45833CVE-2026-45833 ChromaDB PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (3)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pfChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability2026-06-12ghsa · osvUS
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.
- PYSEC-2026-3814ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability2026-09-10vendor · osvUS
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.
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references (6)
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- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5cnnvd
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5enisa_euvd
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833nvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430nvd
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.jsonnvd
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5Third Party Advisorynvd
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