CVE-2026-45829
A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated attacker to run...
- Published
- May 18, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
- Assigning CNA
- HiddenLayer
- Evidence observed
- Aug 8, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 96.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
A pre-authentication, code injection vulnerability in version 1.0.0 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an unauthenticated 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/{tenant}/databases/{db}/collections endpoint.
Sources
2CVE-2026-45829
Functional proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2026-45829, a critical pre-authentication remote code execution vulnerability in ChromaDB (CVSS 10.0) via malicious model loading with trust_remote_code=true.
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