# CVE-2026-116690: MLflow: Arbitrary file read on unauthenticated MLflow servers via prompt model version source

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111362, GHSA-M65P-9J7Q-6W33
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.17.0
- Published: 2026-10-27 · Updated: 2026-10-28

## Summary

MLflow versions from 3.10.0 through 3.17.0 are affected. An unauthenticated remote attacker can read arbitrary files that the MLflow server process can access, and on basic-auth deployments any user who can create registered models can do the same.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- mlflow: from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.17.0
- mlflow (PyPI): from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.17.0

## Description

MLflow is an open source AI engineering platform for agents, large language models, and machine learning models. From 3.10.0 until 3.17.0, the prompt branch in _create_model_version() accepts schemeless relative sources because path validation runs only when a source has a URL scheme, and mlflow.prompt.is_prompt is interpreted by tag presence rather than a true value. A remote caller can store a server-local path as the model version artifact location and use /api/2.0/mlflow/model-versions/get-artifact to read files accessible to the MLflow server process. Default unauthenticated servers require no privileges, while basic-auth deployments are exposed to authenticated users who can create registered models. This issue is fixed in version 3.17.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mlflow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.17.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/security/advisories/GHSA-m65p-9j7q-6w33
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/pull/25870
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/81730a2ce4ebcd60d5d18f68c96f422ad7e30772
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/releases/tag/v3.17.0

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