CVE-2026-42208

CVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL
Exploited in the wild
Remediation overdue by 84 days
EPSS p100
Higher than 100% of all CVEs — imminent exploitation likely.
Patch available
Vendor advisory or patch linked

Published 5/8/2026 · updated 6/17/2026 · CWE-89

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Summary

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 9.8CRITICAL

9.8 / 10
  • AV: Network
  • AC: Low complexity
  • PR: No privileges
  • UI: No user interaction
  • S: Scope unchanged
  • C: Confidentiality: High
  • I: Integrity: High
  • A: Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS exploitation probability

84.1%

Percentile p100 Higher than 100% of all CVEs — imminent exploitation likely.

Affected products

1 vendor/product entries
  • Litellm Litellm≥ 1.81.16 and < 1.83.7
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Timeline

  1. May 8, 2026 · Added to CISA KEV catalog
  2. May 8, 2026 · Disclosed / published in NVD
  3. May 11, 2026 · CISA remediation deadline
  4. Jun 17, 2026 · Intel last updated

Intel sources

Which upstream feeds returned data for this CVE, and when they were last fetched.

  • NVD· 37 days ago
  • CVE.org· no data
  • FIRST EPSS· 37 days ago
  • CISA KEV· 46 days ago
  • OSV· 37 days ago

Listed in CISA KEV

Added 2026-05-08 · Remediation overdue by 84 days.

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