Last updated: August 19, 2026 at 1:47 AM UTC
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Exploited MLflow SSRF flaw lets attackers steal cloud credentials from ML servers

Attackers began exploiting a critical unauthenticated flaw in MLflow, the popular open-source machine-learning platform, within hours of its disclosure. Tracked as CVE-2026-64849 and scored 9.3, the server-side request forgery bug lives in the model-registry webhook testing feature: an attacker hosts an endpoint that passes validation, then redirects MLflow to internal targets such as the cloud metadata service or loopback addresses, and MLflow returns their responses. That exposes cloud credentials, API tokens, and secrets. Because MLflow sits close to training data, artifacts, object storage, CI/CD, and inference pipelines, a compromise offers both credentials and a foothold for lateral movement. watchTowr's honeypots saw exploitation attempts almost immediately.

Check
Upgrade MLflow to version 3.15.0 or later immediately, and treat any internet-exposed instance on an earlier version as potentially probed, checking for signs of metadata access.
Affected
Organizations running MLflow before 3.15.0, especially cloud-hosted and internet-exposed (CVE-2026-64849); an unauthenticated attacker can coerce it into fetching internal targets and leak cloud credentials, tokens, and secrets.
Fix
Patch to 3.15.0, review webhook configurations for attacker URLs, inspect logs for webhook-test requests and metadata or loopback addresses, rotate credentials the server could reach, and restrict its network exposure.

SonicWall SMA1000 remote-access appliances hit by exploited zero-day flaws

SonicWall is warning that two flaws in its SMA1000 remote-access appliances are being actively exploited as zero-days, and has released hotfixes. CVE-2026-15409 is an unauthenticated server-side request forgery bug in the appliance's WorkPlace interface that lets an attacker make the device send requests to internal systems, turning an edge gateway into a pivot point. CVE-2026-15410 is a code-injection flaw in the management console that lets an administrator run operating-system commands, and SonicWall rates the overall advisory a top CVSS score of 10.0. Both were added to CISA's exploited-vulnerabilities catalog, with a federal deadline of July 17. Because exploitation is confirmed, any unpatched appliance should be treated as potentially compromised.

Check
Identify all SonicWall SMA1000 appliances, including standby and disaster-recovery nodes, apply the hotfix immediately, and review authentication logs, new accounts, outbound connections, and configuration changes for signs of intrusion.
Affected
Organizations running SonicWall SMA1000 remote-access appliances (CVE-2026-15409, CVE-2026-15410); attackers are actively exploiting the flaws, and the request-forgery and code-injection bugs could be chained to reach and run commands on internal systems.
Fix
Apply SonicWall's hotfix now, restrict management interfaces to trusted networks until patched, and because exploitation is confirmed, run a compromise assessment and assume unpatched appliances may already be backdoored.

Cisco Unified CM flaw now exploited to gain root on phone systems

A flaw in Cisco Unified Communications Manager, the system that runs enterprise phone and call infrastructure, is now being exploited in attacks. The bug (CVE-2026-20230) is a server-side request forgery that lets an unauthenticated attacker send a crafted HTTP request to write files onto the underlying system, which can then be used to escalate to root and fully take over the server. Cisco patched it on June 3 and rates it critical; public exploit code has been available since, and security firms now see active exploitation attempts. The flaw is only exploitable when the WebDialer service is enabled, which is not the default.

Check
Check whether your Cisco Unified CM or Session Management Edition deployments have the WebDialer service enabled and confirm the software version, then review system logs for unexpected file writes or webshells.
Affected
Cisco Unified CM and Unified CM SME with the WebDialer service enabled (CVE-2026-20230); version 14 before 14SU6 and version 15 before 15SU5, especially with management interfaces reachable by attackers.
Fix
Patch to Cisco Unified CM 14SU6 or apply the version 15 interim fix, or disable the WebDialer service if it is not needed, and restrict management interfaces to trusted networks.

Cisco Unified CM critical SSRF CVE-2026-20230 lets unauthenticated attackers write files and escalate to root - public PoC, WebDialer required

Cisco has patched CVE-2026-20230, a critical server-side request forgery flaw in Unified Communications Manager (formerly CallManager), the central control system for Cisco IP telephony. An unauthenticated remote attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to write files to the underlying OS and later elevate to root - Cisco rated it Critical despite the CVSS score because of that root-escalation potential. Cisco's PSIRT is aware of public proof-of-concept exploit code but has not seen active exploitation yet. The flaw only affects systems with the WebDialer service enabled, which is off by default. There are no workarounds; admins should upgrade to 14SU6 or 15SU5, or disable WebDialer until patched.

Check
Inventory Cisco Unified CM deployments and check whether WebDialer is enabled (Tools > Service Activation > CTI Services). Confirm version against fixed 14SU6 or 15SU5. Monitor for crafted HTTP requests.
Affected
Cisco Unified CM systems with the WebDialer service enabled (off by default). CVE-2026-20230 allows unauthenticated SSRF to write files and escalate to root. Public PoC exists; no active exploitation yet.
Fix
Upgrade to Unified CM 14SU6 or 15SU5. If patching must wait, disable the Cisco WebDialer Web Service via Service Activation to block exploitation. No other workaround exists.

LMDeploy LLM-serving SSRF (CVE-2026-33626) exploited within 13 hours of disclosure - attackers used the vision-language image loader as a generic port-scanner against AWS metadata, Redis, and MySQL

Sysdig observed the first in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2026-33626 against its honeypot fleet 12 hours and 31 minutes after the GitHub advisory went live on April 21. LMDeploy is Shanghai AI Laboratory's open source toolkit for serving vision-language and text LLMs. The flaw is in load_image() in lmdeploy/vl/utils.py: it fetches arbitrary URLs from the image_url field without validating link-local, loopback, or RFC1918 ranges. CVSS 7.5. The attacker used LMDeploy as a generic SSRF primitive over an eight-minute session - port-scanning AWS IMDS, localhost Redis, MySQL, and an admin interface. v0.12.3 fixes it.

Check
If your team runs LLM-serving infrastructure (LMDeploy, vLLM, TGI, Ollama, Ray Serve), audit it this week for unvalidated URL fetching and put proper egress filtering in place.
Affected
LMDeploy versions before 0.12.3 with vision-language support enabled. Cloud GPU inference deployments are at acute risk because the SSRF directly targets the metadata service - on a misconfigured node this yields IAM credentials with broad access to S3 model artifacts, training data, and cross-account roles.
Fix
Upgrade LMDeploy to 0.12.3+. On every cloud-hosted inference node, enforce IMDSv2 with token requirement (this alone defeats IAM exfil). Restrict outbound egress from GPU nodes to required destinations only. Block 169.254.169.254 from inference containers without a use case. Apply the same logic to vision-LLM image loaders, agent tool-use endpoints, and RAG fetchers. Block 103.116.72[.]119 at the edge.