GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx is a high-severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in mlflow. O3 Security confirms whether GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx is actually reachable in your code before you act, and blocks exploitation at runtime until you patch.
MLflow Has a Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
Real-World Exposure
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Description
A Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability exists in MLflow versions prior to 3.9.0. The _create_webhook() function in mlflow/server/handlers.py accepts a user-controlled url parameter without validation, and the _send_webhook_request() function in mlflow/webhooks/delivery.py sends HTTP POST requests to this attacker-controlled URL. This allows an authenticated attacker to force the MLflow backend to send HTTP requests to internal services, cloud metadata endpoints, or arbitrary external servers. The lack of input sanitization, URL scheme filtering, or allowlist validation on the webhook URL enables exploitation, potentially leading to cloud credential theft, internal network access, and data exfiltration.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | mlflow | all versions | 3.9.0 |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for mlflow. O3's reachability analysis confirms whether the vulnerable code path is actually invoked in your application, so you act on real exposure instead of every transitive match.
Fix
Update mlflow to 3.9.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 pinpoints whether GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx is reachable in your code and exactly where to fix it, then blocks exploitation in production at runtime until the patched version is deployed.
Tailored to GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx in your dependencies?
O3 detects GHSA-65h7-c7c4-mghx across PyPI dependencies and uses function-level reachability to confirm whether the vulnerable code path is actually reachable — not just present. No false positives.