Server-side request forgery in MLflow scorer endpoints
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
MLflow from 3.12.0rc0 before 3.17.0 deserializes third-party scorer data sent to its scorer invoke, register, and GenAI evaluate endpoints without constraining the selected class. With the optional trulens and trulens-providers-litellm packages installed, an unauthenticated remote attacker can point the LiteLLM fallback at an attacker-chosen or internal host, sending attacker-controlled headers and body (CWE-918).
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
MLflow is an open source AI engineering platform for agents, large language models, and machine learning models. From 3.12.0rc0 until 3.17.0, the scorer invoke, register, and GenAI evaluate endpoints, including unauthenticated POST /ajax-api/3.0/mlflow/scorer/invoke, accept serialized third-party scorer data that Scorer.model_validate_json resolves using a module-path allowlist without constraining the selected class or its constructor arguments. When optional trulens and trulens-providers-litellm packages are installed, an attacker can select mlflow.genai.scorers.trulens, choose a model URI outside MLflow's native provider registry so execution uses the LiteLLM fallback, and supply api_base and api_key values that cause the server to send an outbound request to an attacker-chosen or internal host with attacker-controlled headers and body. The vulnerable deserialization occurs before a tracking-store lookup or job submission. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.0.
Why it matters now
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLflow | mlflow | 3.12.0rc0 to before 3.17.0 | 3.17.0 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | mlflow (PyPI) | 3.12.0rc0 to before 3.17.0 | 3.17.0 | Patch available | GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5 |
- mlflow VendorMLflow Affected 3.12.0rc0 to before 3.17.0 Fixed in 3.17.0 Patch available CNA
- mlflow (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 3.12.0rc0 to before 3.17.0 Fixed in 3.17.0 Patch available GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
Remediation
Upgrade the PyPI mlflow package to 3.17.0, which fixes this issue. Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) is affected without a fix, and Red Hat lists its plan as none available.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA mlflow (mlflow) Fixed in 3.17.0
- Fix · GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5 mlflow (PyPI) Fixed in 3.17.0 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-23 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-115886
- 2026-10-23 Alias added: GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
- 2026-10-23 Fix available: PyPI/[email protected] · GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
- 2026-10-23 CVSS score added · GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
- 2026-10-23 Weakness changed · GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
- 2026-10-23 5 new references · GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5
- 2026-10-24 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-24 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-24 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 EPSS moved to the 50th–90th percentile
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: LOW → HIGH
References
More MLflow vulnerabilities
- 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-2025-31759 Redis Lua Use-After-Free may lead to remote code execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2026-81527 Code execution via scorer deserialization in MLflow servers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-14028 Command Injection in mlflow/mlflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2026-115886 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-115886 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2wqp-q3c6-ccj5 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-115886 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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