High

MLflow AI Gateway permits SSRF through an unvalidated api_base

  • Disclosed: 05.08.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 15:18

MLflow's AI Gateway accepts an auth_config.api_base value when creating a gateway secret (mlflow/server/handlers.py, _create_gateway_secret) with no validation of scheme, host, or IP range; the value is stored verbatim. The gateway proxy endpoint (mlflow/server/gateway_api.py, raw_proxy) subsequently issues an HTTP request to that stored api_base plus a caller-supplied path and returns the full response body. MLflow's existing SSRF guard, _validate_webhook_url (which blocks non-global and metadata IPs), is never invoked anywhere in this gateway secret/proxy code path. The CreateGatewaySecret action additionally has no entry in the permission-validator map, so it requires only basic authentication rather than any specific scope, meaning any authenticated user — including read-only accounts — can create a secret pointing at an internal address and reach it via the proxy endpoint, potentially exposing cloud-instance IAM credentials via metadata services. This is related to CVE-2026-4035, which addresses a distinct mechanism in the same gateway-secret feature (server-side $ENV_VAR resolution inside the api_key field leaking credentials to the configured upstream); the finding here is an independent missing-validation gap in the api_base destination itself, unaffected by that fix.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) mlflow >= 3.13.0, <= 3.15.2 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.1/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-918
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
mlflow
Disclosed
05.08.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 15:18

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2026-3865 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-h7x2-h6g9-p789 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: mlflow

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (82) in the archive
Total entries
82
First → latest
02.2022 09.2026
Without a fix
18
Exploited in attacks
1

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 20
  • High 48
  • Medium 13
  • Low 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2022: 1
  2. 2023: 22
  3. 2024: 24
  4. 2025: 8
  5. 2026: 27
Severity:
  1. MLflow AI Gateway permits SSRF through an unvalidated api_base this entry
    High · 7.1 CVE-2026-71211 >= 3.13.0, <= 3.15.2 no fix
  2. High · 8.1 CVE-2026-8147 >= 2.14.0rc0, < 3.13.0rc0 3.13.0rc0
  3. High · 7.0 CVE-2026-4137 >= 1.26.0, < 3.11.0 3.11.0
  4. Critical · 10.0 CVE-2025-15379 < 3.8.1 3.8.1
  5. Critical · 9.6 CVE-2025-15036 < 3.9.0rc0 3.9.0rc0
  6. High · 8.1 CVE-2025-15381 <= 3.8.1 no fix
  7. High · 8.1 CVE-2025-15031 < 3.9.0rc0 3.9.0rc0
  8. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-14287 < 3.8.0rc0 3.8.0rc0
  9. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-2635 < 3.8.0rc0 3.8.0rc0
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