{"id":"GHSA-wqmh-qccw-pqwf","summary":"MLflow FileStore trace IDs allow path traversal and arbitrary file writes","details":"MLflow 3.17.1 and earlier contains a path traversal vulnerability in the FileStore tracking backend that allows unauthenticated attackers to control filesystem paths by submitting a crafted trace ID containing traversal sequences to the POST /api/3.0/mlflow/traces endpoint. Attackers can exploit FileStore.start_trace() to write trace_info.yaml, request_metadata, and tag files with attacker-controlled metadata outside the intended experiment trace directory, subject to the server process's filesystem permissions. FileStore is the default tracking backend before MLflow 3.7.0 and opt-in thereafter (the default changed to a SQLite database), so deployments in the earlier part of the affected range are vulnerable without special configuration while later ones are affected only when FileStore is explicitly selected.","aliases":["CVE-2026-53995"],"modified":"2026-10-23T21:45:04.910777174Z","published":"2026-10-20T00:31:59Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2026-10-23T21:34:10Z","nvd_published_at":"2026-10-19T22:17:11Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-22"],"severity":"HIGH"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53995"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/issues/26979"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/pull/26842"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/31ff9e56f5038d61ec75344518912945f60dffec"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-53995-mlflow-path-traversal"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/releases/tag/v3.17.2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mlflow-path-traversal-via-trace-id-api"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"mlflow","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/mlflow"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.17.2"}]}],"versions":["0.0.1","0.1.0","0.2.0","0.2.1","0.3.0","0.4.0","0.4.1","0.4.2","0.5.0","0.5.1","0.5.2","0.6.0","0.7.0","0.8.0","0.8.1","0.8.2","0.9.0","0.9.0.1","0.9.1","1.0.0","1.1.0","1.1.1.dev0","1.10.0","1.11.0","1.12.0","1.12.1","1.13","1.13.1","1.14.0","1.14.1","1.15.0","1.16.0","1.17.0","1.18.0","1.19.0","1.2.0","1.20.0","1.20.1","1.20.2","1.21.0","1.22.0","1.23.0","1.23.1","1.24.0","1.25.0","1.25.1","1.26.0","1.26.1","1.27.0","1.28.0","1.29.0","1.3.0","1.30.0","1.30.1","1.4.0","1.5.0","1.6.0","1.7.0","1.7.1","1.7.2","1.8.0","1.9.0","1.9.1","2.0.0","2.0.0rc0","2.0.1","2.1.0","2.1.1","2.10.0","2.10.1","2.10.2","2.11.0","2.11.1","2.11.2","2.11.3","2.11.4","2.11.5","2.12.0","2.12.1","2.12.2","2.13.0","2.13.1","2.13.2","2.13.3","2.14.0","2.14.0rc0","2.14.1","2.14.2","2.14.2.dev0","2.14.3","2.15.0","2.15.0rc0","2.15.1","2.16.0","2.16.1","2.16.2","2.17.0","2.17.0rc0","2.17.1","2.17.2","2.18.0","2.18.0rc0","2.19.0","2.19.0rc0","2.2.0","2.2.1","2.2.2","2.20.0","2.20.0rc0","2.20.1","2.20.2","2.20.3","2.20.4","2.21.0","2.21.0rc0","2.21.1","2.21.2","2.21.3","2.22.0","2.22.0rc0","2.22.1","2.22.2","2.22.3","2.22.4","2.22.5","2.3.0","2.3.1","2.3.2","2.4.0","2.4.1","2.4.2","2.5.0","2.6.0","2.7.0","2.7.1","2.8.0","2.8.1","2.9.0","2.9.1","2.9.2","3.0.0","3.0.0rc0","3.0.0rc1","3.0.0rc2","3.0.0rc3","3.0.1","3.1.0","3.1.0rc0","3.1.1","3.1.2","3.1.3","3.1.4","3.10.0","3.10.0rc0","3.10.1","3.11.0","3.11.0rc0","3.11.0rc1","3.11.1","3.12.0","3.12.0rc0","3.13.0","3.13.0rc0","3.14.0","3.15.0","3.15.1","3.15.2","3.16.0","3.16.1","3.17.0","3.17.1","3.2.0","3.2.0rc0","3.3.0","3.3.0rc0","3.3.1","3.3.2","3.4.0","3.4.0rc0","3.5.0","3.5.0rc0","3.5.1","3.6.0","3.6.0rc0","3.7.0","3.7.0rc0","3.8.0","3.8.0rc0","3.8.1","3.9.0","3.9.0rc0"],"database_specific":{"last_known_affected_version_range":"\u003c= 3.17.1","source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2026/10/GHSA-wqmh-qccw-pqwf/GHSA-wqmh-qccw-pqwf.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}