CVE-2023-6709 — Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine in GitHub

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.9.2.

01What is this vulnerability?

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements Used in a Template Engine in GitHub repository mlflow/mlflow prior to 2.9.2.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
mlflow	mlflow/mlflow	unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-12T04:05:45.542Z
• Last modified: 2024-10-08T19:52:57.222Z

09References

• huntr.com — https://huntr.com/bounties/9e4cc07b-6fff-421b-89bd-9445ef61d34d
• github.com — https://github.com/mlflow/mlflow/commit/432b8ccf27fd3a76df4ba79bb1bec62118a85625