Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
ChromaDB (chromadb) versions 0.4.17 through 1.5.9 are affected. An authenticated attacker with the UPDATE_COLLECTION permission can send a malicious model repository with trust_remote_code set to true to a collection update endpoint, which allows arbitrary code execution on the server. No fixed version is listed.
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Severity and exploitation
| Score | Rating | CVSS | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.4 | Critical | 4.0 | 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 | CNA (HiddenLayer) |
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0043, the 38th percentile, on 15 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:10 UTC Confirmed by OSV
Sources
- GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf
- OSV: GHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45833
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-45833
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2488430
- github.com/chroma-core/chroma
- security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-45833.json
- www.hiddenlayer.com/sai-security-advisory/2026-06-chromadb-5