AI agent incident

Attackers exploited an MLflow SSRF flaw to steal cloud credentials

Reported · 1 source

  • credential-theft
  • cve

What happened

watchTowr and VulnCheck reported active exploitation of a server-side request forgery flaw in the open-source AI platform MLflow, used to steal cloud credentials and secrets.

Why it matters

ML platforms hold the non-human credentials that pipelines and agents run on, and this was exploitation in progress rather than a proof of concept.

Sources

  1. The Hacker News Attackers Exploit MLflow SSRF Flaw to Steal Cloud Credentials and Secrets

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“Attackers exploited an MLflow SSRF flaw to steal cloud credentials.” The Permission Layer AI Agent Incident Database, https://thepermissionlayer.com/incidents/mlflow-ssrf-credential-theft/. Database updated October 22, 2026.

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