CVE-2026-118626: MLflow Tracking Server Issues Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.22% (FIRST EPSS).
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
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.
- Published
- Nov 4, 2026
- Updated
- Nov 5, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 13th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-862
Report tools
Action score
21
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 21 / 40 · 5.4 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- —
- CNA · zdi
- 5.4
- NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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What does it mean in your environment?
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (zdi). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
MLflow MLflow
- 3.14.0affected
Same product
mlflow: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-116692MLflow: Remote code execution on unauthenticated MLflow servers via third-party scorer deserialization importing caller-placed artifact modules39Monitor
- CVE-2026-53995MLflow 3.17.1 and prior Path Traversal via Trace ID API35Monitor
- CVE-2026-96804MLflow's statsmodel flavor, versions 2.1.0 to 3.14.0, omits the MLFLOW_ALLOW_PICKLE_DESERIALIZATION=False security control entirely in…35Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-118624Nov 4, 2026 · MLflow Tracking Server Jobs Missing Authorization Information Disclosure Vulnerability21Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2026-118625Nov 4, 2026 · MLflow Tracking Server Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability25Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-118627Nov 4, 2026 · MLflow SHAP load_explainer Deserialization of Untrusted Data Remote Code Execution Vulnerability31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2026-6914879 days apartMLflow: CreateModelVersion source validation does not check READ permission on referenced run_id28Monitor
- CVE-2026-6914679 days apartMLflow: LogInputs endpoint bypasses per-run UPDATE authorization in basic-auth26Monitor
- CVE-2026-1186250 days apartMLflow Tracking Server Missing Authorization Privilege Escalation Vulnerability25Monitor
- CVE-2026-1186240 days apartMLflow Tracking Server Jobs Missing Authorization Information Disclosure Vulnerability21Monitor
Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-862 · Missing AuthorizationCVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-secondary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log (2)
- SSVC exploitation— → none
- Exploit maturity— → none
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References
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.