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CVE-2026-18618

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.54% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-08-10 · Last synced 2026-08-16

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The vulnerability affects the ml-metadata component due to an outdated statically-linked gRPC stack, which is susceptible to known HTTP/2 denial of service (DoS) attacks. An attacker with network access to the MLMD pod can exploit this flaw by sending crafted HTTP/2 requests, potentially crashing the pod and disrupting all pipeline operations within the affected namespace. Organizations utilizing ml-metadata in their machine learning workflows should prioritize addressing this vulnerability to maintain service availability and operational integrity.

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CVE
CVE-2026-18618
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
0.54%

Original NVD Description

A flaw was found in ml-metadata. The statically-linked gRPC stack in ml-metadata is outdated, making it vulnerable to known HTTP/2 denial of service (DoS) issues. An in-cluster attacker, with network access to the MLMD pod, could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending specially crafted HTTP/2 requests. This could lead to a denial of service by crashing the MLMD pod, disrupting all pipeline runs in the affected namespace.