CVE-2026-88979
Kubeflow Pipelines: Unauthenticated SSRF vulnerability in Kubeflow Pipelines TensorBoard proxy
What happened?
Kubeflow Pipelines enables users to build and deploy portable, scalable machine learning workflows. From 2.17.0 until 2.18.0, the TensorBoard proxy token introduced by the incomplete remediation for CVE-2026-54745 uses MINIO_SECRET_KEY as its HMAC secret, whose bundled default is publicly known. In an authorization-disabled deployment using that default, an unauthenticated attacker can forge a token containing a chosen viewerName and namespace; the proxy constructs the destination from the viewerName plus the -service suffix, the namespace, and the configured cluster domain, then reads responses on port 80 under the /tensorboard/<viewer>/ path. Resource-name validation and path-traversal rejection remain enforced, authorization-enabled deployments still check access to the selected namespace, and unrestricted metadata access, writes, or service disruption are not established. This issue is fixed in version 2.18.0.
Affected software and versions
| Software | Version information | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| pipelineskubeflow | affected: >= 2.17.0, < 2.18.0 | See vendor advisory |
Version information comes from the source record and can include unaffected products and exceptions. Distribution packages may contain backported fixes: an older upstream version alone does not prove a server is affected.
Is it being exploited?
This CVE was not listed in the CISA catalogue at our last retrieval. This does not establish that exploitation is absent.
How to respond
- Confirm the product, installed package version, and any configuration requirements in the vendor advisory.
- Follow the vendor’s remediation or workaround guidance in the references below. Structured fixed-version data is unavailable here; the publisher’s description may include a fix or workaround.
- Restart affected services if required, then verify the running version. Known exploitation may warrant investigation as well as patching.
Sources and remediation references
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-88979
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/security/advisories/GHSA-j429-j7xw-8j9h
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/14346
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/commit/c8effaed62476a8d8c99d3a6cfdd404a04ef99d8
- https://github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/releases/tag/2.18.0