{
"id": "GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf",
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-45833"
],
"details": "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.",
"summary": "ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability",
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0.4.17"
},
{
"last_affected": "1.5.9"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "chromadb",
"ecosystem": "PyPI"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-08-24T20:03:34Z",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V4",
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H"
}
],
"published": "2026-06-12T18:31:56Z",
"references": [
{
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45833",
"type": "ADVISORY"
},
{
"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma",
"type": "PACKAGE"
},
{
"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json",
"type": "WEB"
},
{
"url": "https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5",
"type": "WEB"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-94"
],
"severity": "CRITICAL",
"github_reviewed": true,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-12T16:16:29Z",
"github_reviewed_at": "2026-08-24T20:03:34Z"
}
}