MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 6.5Vulnerability

CVE-2026-116691

### Summary `mlflow.crewai.autolog()` leaks CrewAI LLM provider API keys into MLflow trace telemetry. When a CrewAI `Agent` is instrumented with MLflow autologging, MLflow serializes the agent's `__dict__` and converts its fields to strings. The `llm` field contains the CrewAI LLM object, whose string representation includes its `api_key` in plaintext. As a result, an application that calls `mlflow.crewai.autolog()` can unintentionally send its LLM provider API key to the MLflow trace backend or configured OTLP destination. The application does not need to explicitly log the credential or place it in a span attribute. The credential is extracted automatically by MLflow's instrumentation. This was verified on **MLflow 3.16.0** with **CrewAI 1.15.18** using MLflow's own OTLP exporter. The fake credential appeared in **5 attribute locations across 2 spans**. ### Details The primary issue is in: `mlflow/crewai/autolog.py::_get_agent_attributes()` The function walks the CrewAI `Agent.__dict__` and converts agent fields to strings. `tools` and `embedder` receive special handling, but credential-bearing objects such as the following are not sanitized: * `llm` * `function_calling_llm` * `agent_executor` * `crew` For example, `agent.llm` is a CrewAI `LLM` object. In CrewAI 1.15.18, the underlying LLM model contains `api_key` as a normal field. Its string representation therefore contains the credential: ```text llm_type='openai' model='gpt-4.1-mini' ... api_key='sk-proj-...' ... ``` MLflow subsequently stores this string as a span attribute. There is an important indication that this is an unintended disclosure: MLflow's dedicated LLM attribute extraction already explicitly excludes `api_key` in `_get_llm_attributes()`. The LLM span therefore does not expose the credential, while the broader Agent `__dict__` serialization bypasses that protection. There is also a second, independent serialization path in: `mlflow/crewai/autolog.py::_construct_full_inputs()`

Properties

Severity
medium
Summary
MLflow CrewAI autologging records LLM provider API keys in logged trace spans
Nvd fetched at
2026-10-27T23:33:07.137019+00:00
Cvss severity
MEDIUM
Cvss score
6.5
Retrieved at
2026-10-27T23:34:58+00:00
Ghsa published
2026-10-27T21:26:39Z
Source url
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j7qq-vr8c-xvw3
Ghsa updated
2026-10-27T21:26:40Z
Ghsa id
GHSA-j7qq-vr8c-xvw3
Last source
GitHub Advisory Database
Score
6.5
Cvss version
3.1
Cve id
CVE-2026-116691
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
First seen by Signal
2026-10-27T23:33:57+00:00
Is ghsa only
false
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Published at
2026-10-27T20:17:14.497
Last modified
2026-10-27T20:17:14.497

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