CVE-2026-53995

Exploitation

Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

Not scored by EPSS

EPSS percentile

Not scored by EPSS

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Not recorded

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-19 21:05Z1 HR AGO

Last updated

2026-10-19 21:36Z49 MIN AGO

Reserved

2026-06-11

Assigning CNA

VulnCheck

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.2

Document digest

68c226da5af2a7545c5ca313ef270c4887640c40434600b16b75c1f0d340ba11

• github.comResearcher Disclosurehttps://github.com/SaiTeja-Erukude/CVE-2026-53995-mlflow-path-traversaltechnical-descriptionexploit
• github.comProposed Pull Requesthttps://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/pull/26842issue-tracking
• www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: MLflow 3.17.1 Path Traversal via Trace ID APIhttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mlflow-path-traversal-via-trace-id-apithird-party-advisory