CVE-2026-45829

Summary

CVECVE-2026-45829
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerHiddenLayer
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-05-18 17:16:34 UTC
Updated2026-05-18 20:23:20 UTC
DescriptionA 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 10 CRITICAL from 6f8de1f0-f67e-45a6-b68f-98777fdb759c

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:X

Problem Types: CWE-94 | CWE-94 CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.06f8de1f0-f67e-45a6-b68f-98777fdb759cSecondary10CRITICALCVSS: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/C...
4.0CNACVSS10CRITICALCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
High
Sub Integrity
High
Sub Availability
High

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:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Chroma ChromaDB affected 1.0.0 * semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth 6f8de1f0-f67e-45a6-b68f-98777fdb759c www.hiddenlayer.com
github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717 6f8de1f0-f67e-45a6-b68f-98777fdb759c github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Esteban Tonglet (en)

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