CVE-2025-11201Network attack vectorHinoki check available

Unauthenticated code execution via unvalidated model source

Published Oct 29, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2025

Path traversal in MLflow Tracking Server 2.21.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through model creation requests. The /mlflow/model-versions/create handler accepts the source field without validation and passes the supplied path into model file operations outside the intended location. No authentication is required, and successful exploitation runs code with the service account's privileges.

CVSS severity8.1
High
EPSS probability27.03%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path traversal in MLflow Tracking Server 2.21.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through model creation requests. The /mlflow/model-versions/create handler accepts the source field without validation and passes the supplied path into model file operations outside the intended location. No authentication is required, and successful exploitation runs code with the service account's privileges.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-11201
Published
Oct 29, 2025
Updated
Oct 29, 2025
Vendor
MLflow Project
Product
MLflow
Classifications
CWE-22, T1190
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 29, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.21.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

MLflow Project · MLflowversion=2.21.3

Published CVSS scores

8.1Zero Day InitiativeCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
T1190Exploit Public-Facing Application

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