Local code execution via world-writable temporary directory
Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Feb 2, 2026
Insecure temporary-directory permissions in MLflow before 3.4.0 allow local users to execute code through a virtual-environment race. The get_or_create_tmp_dir function changes a newly created private directory to mode 0777, allowing another local user to overwrite Python files placed in the virtual environment. Exploitation requires write access to /tmp and winning the race before those files execute, after which code runs in the MLflow user's context.
Summary
What happened
Insecure temporary-directory permissions in MLflow before 3.4.0 allow local users to execute code through a virtual-environment race. The get_or_create_tmp_dir function changes a newly created private directory to mode 0777, allowing another local user to overwrite Python files placed in the virtual environment. Exploitation requires write access to /tmp and winning the race before those files execute, after which code runs in the MLflow user's context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-10279
- Published
- Feb 2, 2026
- Updated
- Feb 2, 2026
- Vendor
- MLflow Project
- Product
- MLflow
- Classifications
- CWE-379, T1574
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 2, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 2, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <3.4.0
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- huntr MLflow temporary-directory race proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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