GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-g5ff-637f-6q2m LiteLLM: internal_user_viewer arbitrary local file read via `vertex_ai_credentials`
HIGH
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- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- litellm
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20, CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2026-10-27
Affected packages
• PyPI litellm: < 1.95.0 → fixed in 1.95.0
Description
Summary
An authenticated LiteLLM proxy user could read arbitrary local files from the proxy runtime by sending a crafted `vertex_ai_credentials` value to `/utils/transform_request`. The request-body safety blocklist rejected `vertex_credentials` but missed its alias `vertex_ai_credentials`, which let the value reach the Vertex AI credential loader and trigger a file read that is sent to an attacker-controlled URL.
Impact
A low-privilege authenticated user (only `internal_user_viewer`, obtainable through SSO login on many deployments) could read any file readable by the LiteLLM process. Reading files such as `/proc/self/environ` can disclose `LITELLM_MASTER_KEY` and provider API keys, so the impact can escalate to full proxy-admin control.
Remediation
Upgrade to `1.95.0` or later. The fix adds the missing alias to the request-body blocklist, so no configuration change is needed once you upgrade. There is no reliable configuration workaround on affected versions.
Related
References
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-g5ff-637f-6q2m web
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/34189 web
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/065faf6e695be64a1a367601271839914e4a6621 web
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm package
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.95.0 web