TI-2025-13714 Aliases CVE-2025-15031 GHSA-fhff-qmm8-h2fp

Path Traversal Vulnerability in mlflow/mlflow

HIGH 74CWE-22Published 2026-03-18 · Updated 2026-07-15

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · None
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.

Summary

A vulnerability in MLflow's pyfunc extraction process allows for arbitrary file writes due to improper handling of tar archive entries. Specifically, the use of `tarfile.extractall` without path validation enables crafted tar.gz files containing `..` or absolute paths to escape the intended extraction directory. This issue affects the latest version of MLflow and poses a high/critical risk in scenarios involving multi-tenant environments or ingestion of untrusted artifacts, as it can lead to arbitrary file overwrites and potential remote code execution.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00847 58th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Partial mlflow (PyPI): 3.9.0rc0Red Hat: 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
MLflow	mlflow/mlflow	up to latest	—	No fix listed	CNA
—	mlflow (PyPI)	before 3.9.0rc0	3.9.0rc0	Patch available	GHSA-fhff-qmm8-h2fp

mlflow/mlflow VendorMLflow Affected up to latest Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
mlflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 3.9.0rc0 Fixed in 3.9.0rc0 Patch available GHSA-fhff-qmm8-h2fp

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mlflow::::::::	up to 3.10.1	Vulnerable	MLflow

cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mlflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 3.10.1 Vulnerable ·MLflow

Remediation

Fix · GHSA-fhff-qmm8-h2fp mlflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.9.0rc0 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)	Affected	No fix yet

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-15031
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fhff-qmm8-h2fp

References

Exploit 1

https://huntr.com/bounties/09856f77-f968-446f-a930-657d126efe4e

Advisory 1

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15031

Other 3

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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