REDHAT-BUG-2441514: High severity MLflow MLflow vulnerability
Published Feb 20, 2026
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MLflow Use of Default Password Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of MLflow. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.
The specific flaw exists within the basicauth.ini file. The file contains hard-coded default credentials. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary code in the context of the administrator. Was ZDI-CAN-28256.
Affected Software
1 affected component
MLflow MLflow
Remediation
Recommended actions to resolve this vulnerability, in priority order.
- Upgrade
Upgrade
mlflowto a version that resolves this vulnerability.Patch ZDI-CAN-28256 - Configuration
Edit MLflow's basic_auth.ini to eliminate the hard-coded default credentials by replacing them with unique, strong credentials.
MLflow basic_auth.ini hard-coded default credentials = remove/replace default credentials (no default password)
Event History
Feb 20, 2026
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·11:01 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software