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medium 5.4

CVE-2026-12770 json

BerriAI litellm Admin Key key_management_endpoints.py improper authorization

published 2026-06-21 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also GHSA-6qr3-3g89-m4jj , PYSEC-2026-4068 , EUVD-2026-38136

cvss
5.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.6%
EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 47%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was determined in BerriAI litellm up to 1.63.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py of the component Admin Key Handler. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Patch name: 23781. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

Patch / fix

  • litellm litellm 1.63.2

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-12770 updated cvss 5.4

litellm: BerriAI litellm: Improper authorization vulnerability in Admin Key Handler

  • Red Hat Exploit Intelligence exploit-intelligence-tech-preview/vulnerability-analysis-rhel9 Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 ansible-automation-platform-26/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9, ansible-automation-platform-27/lightspeed-chatbot-rhel9 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-llama-stack-core-rhel9, rhoai/odh-trustyai-garak-lls-provider-dsp-rhel9
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • gist.github.com https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/993c68152b2c770d53590f1684c755d4 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • vuldb.com https://vuldb.com/submit/811279 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 4.0 5.3 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 3.0 5.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
CNA 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
CNA 4.0 2.1 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CNA 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 2.0 5.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
GitHub 3.1 5.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi litellm
<=1.63.1
 no fix listed

Affected products

  • BerriAI litellm

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization
  • CWE-266 Incorrect Privilege Assignment

References

Sources

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