Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2026-42208

BerriAI LiteLLM SQL Injection Vulnerability

Published Apr 27, 2026 · catalog updated Jul 15, 2026 · BerriAI LiteLLM

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CVE-2026-42208 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 11, 2026. Confirm BerriAI LiteLLM against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Critical9.3
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
5.77%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe litellm/litellm · vendor BerriAI LiteLLM

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.

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  • cpe litellm/litellmversion unspecified
  • vendor BerriAI LiteLLMversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-42208

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-42208 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 11, 2026. Confirm BerriAI LiteLLM against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-89: SQL Injection. EPSS 5.77%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 7, 2026 · Catalog

    Detected

    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

  2. May 8, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  3. May 11, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

  4. Jul 14, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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

  5. Jul 15, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-42208

    BerriAI LiteLLM contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to read data from the proxy's database and potentially modify it, leading to unauthorized access to the proxy and the credentials it manages.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42208

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-42208

    30-day exploitation probability 5.8%

    first.org
  • Metasploit ModulesPublic exploit moduleauxiliary_scanner/http/litellm_proxy_sqli

    Public module reference (normal). Module source is not copied into this catalog.

    rapid7.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-42208

    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 param

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-42208

    BerriAI LiteLLM contains a SQL injection vulnerability that allows an attacker to read data from the proxy's database and potentially modify it, leading to unauthorized access to the proxy and the credentials it manages.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.