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CVE-2026-118626 json

MLflow Tracking Server Issues Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

published 6d ago modified 4d ago also EUVD-2026-116622

cvss
5.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 13%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MLflow Tracking Server Issues Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of MLflow. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the configuration of the BEFORE_REQUEST_HANDLERS. The issue results from the lack of authorization prior to allowing access to functionality. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges to resources normally protected from the user. Was ZDI-CAN-32108.

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-118626 updated cvss 5.4

mlflow: mlflow: Privilege escalation via missing authorization in request handlers

  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cpu-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-cuda-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th-torch-rocm-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch210-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-rocm64-torch291-py312-rhel9, +16 more
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Restrict Tracking Server access to trusted authenticated users/networks; upgrade to mlflow >= 3.16.0 when available in rhoai streams.”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
6d ago

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Affected products

  • MLflow MLflow

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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