Mlflow
CVE-2023-4033
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
OS Command Injection in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.6.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.
RemediationAI
A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
Affects your stack
Affects 1 package in pypi
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. OS Command Injection in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.6.0. Affected products include: Lfprojects Mlflow. Version information: prior to 2.6.0..
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Severity by source
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
OS Command Injection in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.6.0.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Server-side request forgery in MLflow before 3.15.0 lets remote unauthenticated attackers coerce the server into making
A path traversal vulnerability exists in mlflow/mlflow version 2.15.1. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerabilit
Absolute Path Traversal in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.5.0. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vul
MLflow's FastAPI job endpoints bypass basic-auth entirely, allowing network attackers to submit and execute jobs without
A malicious user could use this issue to get command execution on the vulnerable machine and get access to data & models
A malicious user could use this issue to access internal HTTP(s) servers and in the worst case (ie: aws instance) it cou
An attacker is able to arbitrarily create an account in MLflow bypassing any authentication requirment. Rated critical s
An attacker can overwrite any file on the server hosting MLflow without any authentication. Rated critical severity (CVS
Path Traversal: '\..\filename' in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.3.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), th
Path Traversal: '\..\filename' in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.2.1. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), th
Insufficient sanitization in MLflow leads to XSS when running a recipe that uses an untrusted dataset. Rated critical se
Insufficient sanitization in MLflow leads to XSS when running an untrusted recipe. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), t
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