CVE-2023-6940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

with only one user interaction(download a malicious config), attackers can gain full command execution on the victim system.

Published: 2023-12-19

Score: 8.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

mlflow

mlflow/mlflow

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 2.9.2

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lfprojects:mlflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-3227	with only one user interaction(download a malicious config), attackers can gain full command execution on the victim system.
Github GHSA	GHSA-hvc6-42vf-jhf8	mlflow Command Injection vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00151.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/5139b1087d686fa52e2b087e09da66aff86297b1
https://huntr.com/bounties/c6f59480-ce47-4f78-a3dc-4bd8ca15029c

History

Wed, 07 May 2025 21:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lfprojects Mlflow

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: @huntr_ai

Published: 2023-12-19T01:41:12.560Z

Updated: 2025-05-07T20:26:08.729Z

Reserved: 2023-12-19T01:40:50.546Z

Link: CVE-2023-6940

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:42:08.542Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-12-19T02:15:45.050

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:44:52.890

Link: CVE-2023-6940

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-77

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