CVE-2026-88984: kubeflow pipelines · Improper Authorization
Affects kubeflow pipelinesSource CVE Database V5
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.2 High : upgrade to 2.16.1 soon.
Data as of 5 Nov 2026, 22:33 UTC
Thin evidence
One scorer or none| CNA (GitHub_M) | CVSS 4.0 | 7.2 |
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- Patch
- Available – fixed in 2.16.1
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:NExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 5 Nov 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 5 Nov 2026.
What to do
Upgrade kubeflow pipelines to 2.16.1.
Affected software
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
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| kubeflowpipelines | Affected
| Fixed in
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Description
Kubeflow Pipelines enables users to build and deploy portable, scalable machine learning workflows. Prior to 2.16.1, the multi-user API server treats the empty namespace used by shared or global pipelines as an authorization exception for modification and deletion operations. An authenticated user can modify or delete shared pipeline definitions and versions without the required Kubernetes RBAC permissions, compromising their integrity and availability. Read-only access to shared pipelines remains intentional, single-user deployments intentionally bypass multi-user checks, and execution of a modified pipeline is a conditional downstream consequence. The separate shared-pipeline multipart upload authorization path is outside this advisory and is not remediated by version 2.16.1. This issue is fixed in version 2.16.1.
References
- github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/security/advisories/GHSA-ghgh-57qv-h687 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/pull/13288 (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/commit/186dd1f3b0403af841c9b4ea7ab94f405339ef6c (opens in a new tab)
- github.com/kubeflow/pipelines/releases/tag/2.16.1 (opens in a new tab)