GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-72m8-9m7m-h278 LiteLLM: Custom Code Guardrails production endpoints bypass code safety checks
LOW
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-59821
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- litellm
- Severity
- Low
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
- Reviewed
- 2026-07-22
Affected packages
• PyPI litellm: < 1.82.0 → fixed in 1.82.0
Description
Impact
LiteLLM's Custom Code Guardrails production create/update paths did not apply the same sandboxing and validation used by the test endpoint.
A privileged user with access to create or update guardrails could submit custom Python code that executed in the LiteLLM proxy environment. In deployments without a configured master key, callers could be treated as proxy administrators, making this reachable without intended administrative authorization.
This could allow arbitrary code execution in the LiteLLM proxy container and exposure of secrets available to the process.
Patches
The issue is fixed in `1.82.0-stable`.
LiteLLM recommend upgrading to `1.82.0-stable` or later.
Workarounds
If upgrading is not immediately possible:
1. Restrict access to `POST /guardrails` and `PUT /guardrails/{guardrail_id}` to trusted administrators only.
2. Ensure `LITELLM_MASTER_KEY` is configured.
3. Avoid enabling Custom Code Guardrails for untrusted users.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-59821 LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-72m8-9m7m-h278 web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59821 advisory
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/e50b4486d0f7aa0497185a1ebcdd2c91f1769eba web
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm package
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.82.0-stable web