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critical 9.8

CVE-2026-2635 json

MLflow Use of Default Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

published 2026-02-20 8 mo ago modified 2026-09-10 1 mo ago also GHSA-gq3w-7jj3-x7gr , PYSEC-2026-421 , EUVD-2026-7766

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.1%
EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

MLflow Use of Default Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of MLflow. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the basic_auth.ini file. The file contains hard-coded default credentials. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code in the context of the administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-28256.

Patch / fix

  • pypi mlflow 3.8.0rc0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-2635 updated cvss 7.3

mlflow: MLflow Use of Default Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability

  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-cpu-torch210-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-rocm64-torch291-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-th06-cuda130-torch210-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-training-cuda128-torch29-py312-rhel9, rhoai/odh-pipeline-runtime-pytorch-cuda-py312-rhel9, +13 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
total
Assessed
8 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA ADP 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 7.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
GitHub 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi mlflow
<3.8.0rc0
3.8.0rc0

Affected products

  • MLflow MLflow
  • Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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