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CVE-2026-42208

VendorlitellmProductlitellmDiscoveredMay 8, 2026UpdatedOct 26, 2026

LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. From version 1.81.16 to before version 1.83.7, a database query used during proxy API key checks mixed the caller-supplied key value into the query text instead of passing it as a separate parameter. An unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted Authorization header to any LLM API route (for example POST /chat/completions) and reach this query through the proxy's error-handling path. An attacker could read data from the proxy's database and may be able to modify it, leading to unauthorised access to the proxy and the credentials it manages. This issue has been patched in version 1.83.7.

CVSS v3.1
9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS
89.4%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Listed
confirmed active exploitation
News coverage
4
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 26, 2026
● 0.00pp
89.4% → 89.4% over 3 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorNETWORK
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredNONE
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
8 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Apr 28, 2026
bleepingcomputer.com reports: Hackers are exploiting a critical LiteLLM pre-auth SQLi flaw
Apr 29, 2026
thehackernews.com reports: LiteLLM CVE-2026-42208 SQL Injection Exploited within 36 Hours of Disclosure
May 8, 2026
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Oct 26, 2026
Oct 23, 2026
thehackernews.com reports: Exposed Infrastructure Reveals How Ransomware Affiliates Used AI Agents to Execute Intrusions
Oct 30, 2026
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