{"id":"CVE-2026-45833","aliases":["GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf","PYSEC-2026-3814"],"title":"ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability","summary":"ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability","severity":"critical","vendor":"chromadb","product":"chromadb","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["chromadb >= 0.4.17, <= 1.5.9"],"published":"2026-06-12","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T12:25:44.502926958Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf","references":[{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45833"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430"},{"url":"https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json"},{"url":"https://www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5"},{"url":"https://pypi.org/project/chromadb"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf"}],"tags":["osv","pip","exploit-available"],"epss":0.00342,"epssPercentile":0.27761,"exploits":{"github":1,"githubRepos":["https://github.com/e4zyy/Project-CVE-2026-45833"],"checkedAt":"2026-09-21T15:29:08.106Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-25T19:26:22.554Z","slug":"CVE-2026-45833","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `chromadb >= 0.4.17, <= 1.5.9`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the advisory for the patched release.","depth":"abyssal","depthScore":64,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":52.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":5245,"id":"CVE-2026-45833","ts":1788887256336,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":4128,"id":"CVE-2026-45833","ts":1788886372739,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":2901,"id":"CVE-2026-45833","ts":1788883038687,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"},{"seq":1930,"id":"CVE-2026-45833","ts":1788882441686,"field":"exploit_available","old":"true","new":"false"},{"seq":1019,"id":"CVE-2026-45833","ts":1788881876505,"field":"exploit_available","old":"false","new":"true"}]}