CVE-2023-5245
Using MLeap for loading a saved model (zip archive) can lead to path traversal/arbitrary file creation and possibly remote code execution.
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- JFROG
Description
FileUtil.extract() enumerates all zip file entries and extracts each file without validating whether file paths in the archive are outside the intended directory. When creating an instance of TensorflowModel using the saved_model format and an exported tensorflow model, the apply() function invokes the vulnerable implementation of FileUtil.extract(). Arbitrary file creation can directly lead to code execution
Timeline
ID reserved
By JFROG
- 48 days later
· 48 days later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| JFROGCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
ml.combust.mleap.mleap-tensorflow
- affected 0.18.0 – < 0.23.1
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenml.combust.mleap:mleap-runtime_2.12GHSA-897x-xvj8-42rq (opens in a new tab)
References (2)
- https://github.com/combust/mleap/pull/866#issuecomment-1738032225 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/mleap-path-traversal-rce-xray-532656/ (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-897x-xvj8-42rq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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