CVSS 10.0CVSS 10.0 · CRITICAL
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 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.
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Score: 10.0(CRITICAL)
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HAV: NETWORK
AC: LOW
PR: NONE
UI: NONE
S: CHANGED
C: HIGH
I: HIGH
A: HIGH
Weakness (CWE):
CWE-94CWE-502EPSS
Probability of exploitation (next 30 days): 0.1027 (10.3%)
Percentile: 95.1%
EPSS: 2026-06-26
Technical description
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.
Published: 5/18/2026, 5:16:34 PM
Last modified: 6/27/2026, 5:16:46 AM
References
- https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45829
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2479623
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45829.json
- https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth