CVE-2026-45829
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
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.
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
10.0
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
6f8de1f0-f67e-45a6-b68f-98777fdb759c
Published
2026-05-18 17:16:34.040000
Last modified
2026-10-26 13:10:00.140000
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