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GHSA-4X5P-F36R-MXXR

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-02 12:31 – Updated: 2026-02-02 21:57

Summary

mlflow Creates of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Details

In mlflow version 2.20.3, the temporary directory used for creating Python virtual environments is assigned insecure world-writable permissions (0o777). This vulnerability allows an attacker with write access to the /tmp directory to exploit a race condition and overwrite .py files in the virtual environment, leading to arbitrary code execution. The issue is resolved in version 3.4.0.

Severity ?

7.0 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  ],
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CVE-2025-10279 (GCVE-0-2025-10279)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-02 10:36 – Updated: 2026-02-02 17:48

Title

Privilege Escalation in mlflow/mlflow

Summary

In mlflow version 2.20.3, the temporary directory used for creating Python virtual environments is assigned insecure world-writable permissions (0o777). This vulnerability allows an attacker with write access to the `/tmp` directory to exploit a race condition and overwrite `.py` files in the virtual environment, leading to arbitrary code execution. The issue is resolved in version 3.4.0.

Severity ?

7 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE

CWE-379 - Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions

Assigner

@huntr_ai

References

URL

Tags

	https://huntr.com/bounties/01d3b81e-13d1-43aa-b91…
	https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/1d7c8d4cf…

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	mlflow	mlflow/mlflow	Affected: unspecified , < 3.4.0 (custom)

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GHSA-4X5P-F36R-MXXR

CVE-2025-10279 (GCVE-0-2025-10279)

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