MLflow AI Gateway permits SSRF through an unvalidated api_base
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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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python (PyPI) | mlflow | >= 3.13.0, <= 3.15.2 | no fix |
References
- 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
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- 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
- 2022: 1
- 2023: 22
- 2024: 24
- 2025: 8
- 2026: 27
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