RCE in Mlflow

CVE-2026-116692

MLflow is an open source AI engineering platform for agents, large language models, and machine learning models. From 3.12.0rc0 until 3.17.0, third-party scorer deserialization in mlflow/genai/scorers/base.py accepts request-selected descendants of THIRD_PARTY_SCORER_ALLOWED_MODULES rather than requiring an exact allowed module. A caller can use MLflow artifact endpoints to place a Python module beneath a writable allowed package and submit its module and class through /ajax-api/3.0/mlflow/scorer/invoke. Scorer.model_validate_json() imports the module and constructs the class before trace processing. Authentication-disabled deployments permit this code execution without credentials, while basic-auth deployments require a principal capable of creating an experiment and run and uploading artifacts. In either configuration, the allowed scorer package must be writable by the server process. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.0.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

Published .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

No EPSS score from FIRST.org yet. New CVEs usually get one within a few days; no score means no signal yet, not low risk. How EPSS works.

Affected products

  • Mlflow — versions >= 3.12.0rc0, < 3.17.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-116692?
CVE-2026-116692 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Mlflow, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-10-27.
How severe is CVE-2026-116692?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.