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MLflow Vulnerability Exploited for Cloud Credential Theft

securityweek.com 2026-08-20 AI supply chain Critical

Executive Summary

A critical MLflow SSRF flaw is exploited to reach internal endpoints and steal cloud credentials.

What Happened

The critical-severity flaw allows attackers to send HTTP requests to internal endpoints and extract sensitive information. The post MLflow Vulnerability Exploited for Cloud Credential Theft appeared first on SecurityWeek .

Affected Products

  • MLflow

Vulnerability / Attack Technique

SSRF in an ML platform

Technical Mechanism

Requests to internal metadata endpoints leak credentials.

AI Security Category

LLM03:2025 Supply Chain

Part of the AI Supply Chain and AI SBOM topic.

Relevant Frameworks

LLM03:2025 Supply ChainMITRE ATLAS: Credential Access

RealGround Analysis

ML platforms run with broad cloud roles. RealGround analysis: scope MLflow's cloud permissions tightly.

Recommended Controls

  • Update MLflow
  • Block metadata endpoint access from MLflow hosts

Related RealGround Service

AI Agent SBOM and LLM Mapping · or start with the free AI Agent Security Scanner.

Sources

securityweek.com: https://www.securityweek.com/mlflow-vulnerability-exploited-for-cloud-credential-theft/

Summary and analysis written by RealGround from the source above; last updated 2026-10-18.

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