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mlflow is vulnerable to remote file access in `mlflow server` and `mlflow ui` CLIs

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 24, 2023 in mlflow/mlflow • Updated Oct 31, 2023

Package

pip mlflow (pip)

Affected versions

<= 2.2.0

Patched versions

2.2.1

Description

Impact

Users of the MLflow Open Source Project who are hosting the MLflow Model Registry using the mlflow server or mlflow ui commands using an MLflow version older than MLflow 2.2.1 may be vulnerable to a remote file access exploit if they are not limiting who can query their server (for example, by using a cloud VPC, an IP allowlist for inbound requests, or authentication / authorization middleware).

This issue only affects users and integrations that run the mlflow server and mlflow ui commands. Integrations that do not make use of mlflow server or mlflow ui are unaffected; for example, the Databricks Managed MLflow product and MLflow on Azure Machine Learning do not make use of these commands and are not impacted by these vulnerabilities in any way.

The vulnerability detailed in https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1177 enables an actor to download arbitrary files unrelated to MLflow from the host server, including any files stored in remote locations to which the host server has access.

Patches

This vulnerability has been patched in MLflow 2.2.1, which was released to PyPI on March 2nd, 2023. If you are using mlflow server or mlflow ui with the MLflow Model Registry, we recommend upgrading to MLflow 2.2.1 as soon as possible.

Workarounds

If you are using the MLflow open source mlflow server or mlflow ui commands, we strongly recommend limiting who can access your MLflow Model Registry and MLflow Tracking servers using a cloud VPC, an IP allowlist for inbound requests, authentication / authorization middleware, or another access restriction mechanism of your choosing.

If you are using the MLflow open source mlflow server or mlflow ui commands, we also strongly recommend limiting the remote files to which your MLflow Model Registry and MLflow Tracking servers have access. For example, if your MLflow Model Registry or MLflow Tracking server uses cloud-hosted blob storage for MLflow artifacts, make sure to restrict the scope of your server's cloud credentials such that it can only access files and directories related to MLflow.

References

More information about the vulnerability is available at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1177.

References

@dbczumar dbczumar published to mlflow/mlflow Mar 24, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 24, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 24, 2023
Reviewed Mar 24, 2023
Last updated Oct 31, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE ID

CVE-2023-1177

GHSA ID

GHSA-xg73-94fp-g449

Source code

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