GHSA-m49c-5c52-6696 — high GitHub Advisory (CVE-2024-1594) in pip/mlflow

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the mlflow/mlflow repository, specifically within the handling of the artifact_location parameter when creating an experiment. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by using a fragment component # in the artifact location URI to read arbitrary files on the server in the context of the server's process. This issue is similar to CVE-2023-6909 but utilizes a different component of the URI to achieve the same effect.

Basic information

Type: reviewed
Severity: high
Advisory on GitHub: Open advisory ↗
Repository advisory: —
Source code: Browse source ↗
Published (advisory): 2024-04-16 00:30:33 UTC
Updated: 2024-04-16 18:19:41 UTC
GitHub reviewed: 2024-04-16 18:19:38 UTC
NVD published: 2024-04-15

Score	Percentile
0.21%	42.51%

CVSS Scores

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector
7.5	3.0	—	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:N) Service keeps running; no real outage angle.

Identifiers

Type	Value
GHSA	GHSA-m49c-5c52-6696 ↗
CVE	CVE-2024-1594 ↗

CWEs

CWE id	Name
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Affected packages (1)

Vulnerable version ranges and first patched releases as published by GitHub.

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable range	First patched	Vulnerable functions
pip	mlflow	<= 2.9.2	—	—

mlflow vulnerable to Path Traversal