CVE-2026-42271

BerriAI LiteLLM Command Injection Vulnerability

Actively exploited (CISA KEV) High 8.8 CVSS 3.1

Description

LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. From version 1.74.2 to before version 1.83.7, two endpoints used to preview an MCP server before saving it — POST /mcp-rest/test/connection and POST /mcp-rest/test/tools/list — accepted a full server configuration in the request body, including the command, args, and env fields used by the stdio transport. When called with a stdio configuration, the endpoints attempted to connect, which spawned the supplied command as a subprocess on the proxy host with the privileges of the proxy process. The endpoints were gated only by a valid proxy API key, with no role check. Any authenticated user — including holders of low-privilege internal-user keys — could therefore run arbitrary commands on the host. This issue has been patched in version 1.83.7.

Description as published by the source, in English.

Key facts

Published: 2026-05-08
Last modified: 2026-07-15
Assigned by: security-advisories@github.com
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Scored by: nvd@nist.gov (NVD Primary)
Probability of exploitation: 83.0 % among the highest of all known vulnerabilities
EPSS, next 30 days, model v2026.06.15
Fix available: Yes, see references

Actively exploited

CISA added this vulnerability to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue on 2026-06-08, with a remediation deadline of 2026-06-22 for US federal agencies.

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

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status
	litellm (PyPI)	≥ 1.74.2, < 1.83.7	Affected
Litellm	Litellm	≥ 1.74.2, < 1.83.7	Affected
Redhat	Openshift Ai	3.4	Affected
Redhat	Openshift Ai	≥ 2.25, < 2.25.8	Affected
Redhat	Openshift Ai	≥ 3.3, < 3.3.4	Affected

Weakness type

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command…
CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')
The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS …

References

https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.7-stable Product, Release Notes
https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-v4p8-mg3p-g94g Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27784 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:28960 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:30056 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42271 Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2467924 Third Party Advisory
https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42271.json Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-42271 US Government Resource

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CVSS 6,5 (medium)

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EPSS: 94 per cent
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In CISA KEV: no
EPSS: 0,04 per cent
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