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ChromaGHSA-36p7-vc44-83pf

ChromaDB has a code injection vulnerability

CriticalCVE-2026-45833 · Published Jun 12, 2026 · updated Sep 10, 2026

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.

GitHub advisory

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
chromadb
PyPI
>= 0.4.17, <= 1.5.9No fix yet
Details and references

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