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CVE-2026-45833

Chroma ChromaDB — A code injection vulnerability in version 0.4.17 or later of the ChromaDB Python project allows an authenticated attacker to run arbitrar…

EPSS 0.3%public exploitCVSS 9.4
critical.is priorityof 100
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CVSS 9.4 (CNA)9.4 / 10 × 3028.2Not in CISA KEV+300.0EPSS percentile 27.8.278 × 205.6Exploit: SSVC poc+1010.0SSVC exploitation: poc+100.0
Description · from the CVE record

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.

Affected

ProductAffectedFixed inSource
ChromaDB0.4.17 – *–CNA
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3see advisory–redhat-SADP
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)see advisory–redhat-SADP

Scores by source

HiddenLayer (CNA)9.4CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
redhat-SADP (CNA)7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADPSSVCExploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

References

exploithiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5refaccess.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833refbugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430refsecurity.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json