# CVE-2026-88985: Kubeflow Pipelines: SQL injection through unvalidated pagination tokens in Kubeflow Pipelines API server

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.17.0
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-88985 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 6.5 (medium) and affects pipelines; fixed in 2.17.0.

## Summary

Kubeflow Pipelines, a platform for building and deploying machine learning workflows, has a SQL injection flaw in its API server's handling of pagination tokens. An attacker who can reach the API over the network and has low-privilege login credentials could read data available to the API server's database account across namespaces, though database modification has not been established.

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

## Affected

- kubeflow pipelines: fixed in 2.17.0

## Description

Kubeflow Pipelines enables users to build and deploy portable, scalable machine learning workflows. Prior to 2.17.0, the API server trusts structural SQL identifier fields decoded from the base64-encoded JSON page_token parameter before constructing list queries. An attacker who can invoke an affected pipeline or run list API can inject through KeyFieldName or SortByFieldName, including v1beta1 and v2beta1 run-listing metric paths, and read data available to the API server database account across namespaces. Database modification is not established. This issue is fixed in version 2.17.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on kubeflow pipelines, upgrade to a fixed version (2.17.0) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-88985 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-88985

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-88985?

pipelines: before 2.17.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-88985

### How do I fix CVE-2026-88985?

Upgrade to a fixed version: 2.17.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-88985

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## References

- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/security/advisories/GHSA-r4mx-2gr2-8277
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/13127
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/commit/ac3a4c65677a3bc7a3d5b1e264fba41178d4ab32
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/releases/tag/2.17.0

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