GitHub Advisoryadvisory · PyPI
GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc LiteLLM has SQL Injection in Proxy API key verification
CRITICAL
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-42208
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Packages
- litellm
- Severity
- Critical
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
- Reviewed
- 2026-04-24
Affected packages
• PyPI litellm: >= 1.81.16, < 1.83.7 → fixed in 1.83.7
Description
Impact
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.
Patches
Fixed in `1.83.7`. The caller-supplied value is now always passed to the database as a separate parameter. Upgrade to `1.83.7` or later.
Workarounds
If upgrading is not immediately possible, set `disable_error_logs: true` under `general_settings`. This removes the path through which unauthenticated input reaches the vulnerable query.
References
• Patched release: `v1.83.7-stable`
Discovery Credit: Tencent YunDing Security Lab
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-42208 LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc web
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42208 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42208 web
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463965 web
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm package
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.7-stable web
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/litellm/PYSEC-2026-391.yaml web
- https://pypi.org/project/litellm web
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-42208 web