# CVE-2026-45829

> CVE-2026-45829. CVSS 10.0 (CVSS 3.1).

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-45829
Last updated: 2026-07-15T12:17:41Z

- Published: 2026-05-18 15:59 UTC · Updated: 2026-07-15 12:17 UTC · Assigner: HiddenLayer
- CVSS: 10.0 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Critical · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS: 15.1%, 97th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: no
- CWE: CWE-94

## 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.

## Affected vendors and products

- Chroma: ChromaDB
- Red Hat: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (RHEL AI) 3

## Tracked companies

- [Chroma](https://rewindex.com/company/chroma.md)

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45829)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45829)
- [https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717](https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma/issues/6717)
- [https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth](https://www.hiddenlayer.com/research/chromatoast-served-pre-auth)

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Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-45829 · Markdown: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2026-45829.md · JSON: https://rewindex.com/api/v1/cves/CVE-2026-45829 · Data licensed CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) · Generated 2026-10-26T04:03:30.323Z