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🛡️ CVE-2023-6975 — mlflow

🔴 CVSS 9.5 — Critical ⚠️ Exploit Public CWE-29 OSV
9.5
CVSS Score
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Description

MLFlow Path Traversal Vulnerability

A malicious user could use this issue to get command execution on the vulnerable machine and get access to data & models information.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
  • Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-6975 is classified as CWE-29: Path Traversal: '\..\filename'. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '\..\filename' (leading backslash dot dot) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

Affected software

CVE-2023-6975 is recorded against 1 package.

  • mlflow (fixed in 2.9.2)

Timeline and source

Published on 29 June 2026 and last revised on 1 July 2026. A public exploit is known to exist, which raises the urgency of patching considerably. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
huntr.com (Web)
pypi.org (Package)
github.com (Advisory)

Other advisories for this package

mlflow has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-29: Path Traversal: '\..\filename') in other software:

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.5
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-29
Public Exploit ⚠️ Yes
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-29
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-01

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mlflow — 2.9.2

Similar Threats

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