CVE-2025-11201: MLflow Tracking Server Model Creation Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
MLflow Tracking Server Model Creation Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of MLflow Tracking Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of model file paths.
Published Oct 29, 2025 · Updated Dec 5, 2025
Affected packages
mlflow
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- >= 3.0.0rc0, < 3.0.0
- Fixed in
- 3.0.0
- Check
pip show mlflow
mlflow
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 2.22.4
- Fixed in
- 2.22.4
- Check
pip show mlflow
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
MLflow Tracking Server Model Creation Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of MLflow Tracking Server. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the handling of model file paths. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. Was ZDI-CAN-26921.
Credited to mueslo.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11201
- https://github.com/B-Step62/mlflow/commit/2e02bc7bb70df243e6eb792689d9b8eba0013161
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-931
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/e7dc0574fa3459e0003cfeb68d4e4a625491f03d
- https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/5f98ff98659dddb188591ecf6b10a4e276a0dba7
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-5cvj-7rg6-jggj
How this page is made: the data panel comes from the GitHub Advisory Database, CISA’s KEV catalog, the NVD and FIRST EPSS, and updates twice a day. No analysis has been written for this entry yet. Methodology
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