Machine Learning Bug Bonanza – Exploiting ML Services

JFrog’s security research team continuously monitors open-source software registries, proactively identifying and addressing potential malware and vulnerability threats to foster a secure and reliable ecosystem for open-source software development and deployment. In our previous research on MLOps we noted the immaturity of the Machine Learning (ML) field often results in a higher amount of discovered …

Unix CUPS Unauthenticated RCE Zero-Day Vulnerabilities (CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176, CVE-2024-47177): All you need to know

On September 23rd, Twitter user Simone Margaritelli (@evilsocket) announced that he has discovered and privately disclosed a CVSS 9.9 GNU/Linux unauthenticated RCE, which affects almost all Linux distributions, and that the public disclosure will happen on September 30th, Due to a suspected leak in the disclosure process, @evilsocket decided to advance the disclosure, and on …

Revival Hijack – PyPI hijack technique exploited in the wild, puts 22K packages at risk

JFrog’s security research team continuously monitors open-source software registries, proactively identifying and addressing potential malware and vulnerability threats to foster a secure and reliable ecosystem for open-source software development and deployment. This blog details a PyPI supply chain attack technique the JFrog research team discovered had been recently exploited in the wild. This attack technique …

From MLOps to MLOops: Exposing the Attack Surface of Machine Learning Platforms

From MLOps to MLOops: Exposing the Attack Surface of Machine Learning Platforms

NOTE: This research was recently presented at Black Hat USA 2024, under the title “From MLOps to MLOops – Exposing the Attack Surface of Machine Learning Platforms”. The JFrog Security Research team recently dedicated its efforts to exploring the various attacks that could be mounted on open source machine learning (MLOps) platforms used inside organizational …

CVE-2024-38428 Wget Vulnerability: All you need to know

On Sunday, June 2nd 2024, a fix commit was pushed for a vulnerability in GNU’s popular Wget tool. Two weeks later, the vulnerability was assigned the ID CVE-2024-38428 and later was classified as a critical vulnerability – with a CVSS score of 9.1.  In this blog, we take a dive deep into this threat by …

PyPI Leaked Token in Binary

Binary secret scanning helped us prevent (what might have been) the worst supply chain attack you can imagine

The JFrog Security Research team has recently discovered and reported a leaked access token with administrator access to Python’s, PyPI’s and Python Software Foundation’s GitHub repositories, which was leaked in a public Docker container hosted on Docker Hub. As a community service, the JFrog Security Research team continuously scans public repositories such as Docker Hub, …

Prompt Injection CVE-2024-5565

When Prompts Go Rogue: Analyzing a Prompt Injection Code Execution in Vanna.AI

In the rapidly evolving fields of large language models (LLMs) and machine learning, new frameworks and applications emerge daily, pushing the boundaries of these technologies. While exploring libraries and frameworks that leverage LLMs for user-facing applications, we came across the Vanna.AI library – which offers a text-to-SQL interface for users – where we discovered CVE-2024-5565, a …

Attack on Docker Hub

JFrog Security research discovers coordinated attacks on Docker Hub that planted millions of malicious repositories

As key parts of the software ecosystem, and as partners, JFrog and Docker are working together to strengthen the software ecosystem. Part of this effort by JFrog’s security research team involves continuous monitoring of open-source software registries in order to proactively identify and address potential malware and vulnerability threats. In former publications, we have discussed …

CVE-2024-3094 XZ Backdoor: All you need to know

Update April 1st – Updated “What is the malicious payload of CVE-2024-3094?” due to newly released OSS tools Update April 7th – Updated “What is the malicious payload of CVE-2024-3094?” due to more published payload research   On March 29th, it was reported that malicious code enabling unauthorized remote SSH access has been detected within …

NPM Manifest Confusion: Six Months Later

Several months ago, Darcy Clarke, a former Staff Engineering Manager at GitHub, discovered the “Manifest Confusion” bug in the npm ecosystem. The bug was caused by the npm registry not validating whether the manifest file contained in the tarball (package.json) matches the manifest data published to the npm server. Clarke claims this to be a …