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TI-2024-06340 Aliases CVE-2024-6838GHSA-q3gw-8236-5jw4

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in mlflow/mlflow

Priority MEDIUM 63CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

In mlflow/mlflow version v2.13.2, a vulnerability exists that allows the creation or renaming of an experiment with a large number of integers in its name due to the lack of a limit on the experiment name. This can cause the MLflow UI panel to become unresponsive, leading to a potential denial of service. Additionally, there is no character limit in the `artifact_location` parameter while creating the experiment.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00665 52nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
MLflowmlflow/mlflowup to latest—No fix listedCNA
—mlflow (PyPI)up to 2.13.2—No fix listedGHSA-q3gw-8236-5jw4
  • mlflow/mlflow VendorMLflow Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
  • mlflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected up to 2.13.2 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-q3gw-8236-5jw4

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mlflow:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.13.2VulnerableMLflow
  • cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mlflow:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.13.2 Vulnerable ·MLflow

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-6838
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q3gw-8236-5jw4
  3. 2026-10-13 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

Other 1

  • TI-2026-46366 Server-side request forgery in mlflow KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
  • TI-2023-03518 Absolute Path Traversal in mlflow/mlflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-01113 Path Traversal: '\..\filename' in mlflow/mlflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-14028 Command Injection in mlflow/mlflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2023-05540 MLflow Authentication Bypass CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2023-02603 Path Traversal: '\..\filename' in mlflow/mlflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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