CVE-2026-45829
Critical · CVSS 10.0 (CVSS 3.1)EPSS 15.1%, 97th percentilePublished Updated Assigner: HiddenLayer
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.
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H · CWE-94
Tracked companies
Mapped from the CVE’s affected-product data, NVD CPE matches, vendor advisories or package feeds. A mapping means the vendor’s software is named, not that its hosted service was exposed.
Status incidents that name it
No tracked status incident names this CVE.
Affected vendors and products
Chroma: ChromaDBRed Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3
References
- CVE record on cve.org (opens in new tab)
- NVD entry (opens in new tab)
- github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717 (opens in new tab)
- www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth (opens in new tab)
- CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (opens in new tab)
- This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (opens in new tab)
- Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (opens in new tab)
- EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (opens in new tab)