# CVE-2026-69148: MLflow: CreateModelVersion source validation does not check READ permission on referenced run\_id

- Also known as: GHSA-GQCH-G4W5-7QCW, BIT-MLFLOW-2026-69148
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.15.0
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-18

## Affected

- mlflow: fixed in 3.15.0
- mlflow (npm): fixed in 3.15.0

## Description

MLflow is an open source AI engineering platform for agents, large language models, and machine learning models. Prior to 3.15.0, CreateModelVersion accepts a run_id or model_id after _validate_source_run() or _validate_source_model() in mlflow/server/handlers.py verifies only path containment, allowing authenticated users to create a model version that references another user's artifact directory and read files through GET /model-versions/get-artifact without the required READ permission. This issue is fixed in version 3.15.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on mlflow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.15.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/security/advisories/GHSA-gqch-g4w5-7qcw
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/pull/24293
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/4bb7474771c3be808cd9e129defef9305f2869be
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/releases/tag/v3.15.0

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