CISA KEV Critical Injection

CVE-2026-42208 — BerriAI LiteLLM SQL Injection Vulnerability

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.

Published May 8, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP, NIST National Vulnerability Database, GitHub Security Advisories · CNA: GitHub_M

Urgent

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

CISA KEV · May 8, 2026 Detection templates (Nuclei) · 1 Metasploit modules · 1 Proofs of concept on GitHub · 6

How the score was calculated

Confirmed exploitation (CISA KEV)+35
Public exploit/PoC (nuclei, metasploit, github)+20
EPSS 5.8% (30-day exploitation probability)+14
Technical severity (critical)+10
Automatable exploitation (SSVC)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Confirmed

CISA KEV, listed May 8, 2026

EPSS FIRST

5.77%

ahead of 93% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

BerriAI

Litellm

CVSS base

9.8

Critical · 5 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

Active

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

Yes

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

Documented patch — github.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
Documented mitigation — bugzilla.redhat.com (NIST National Vulnerability Database)
Pip Litellm: fixed in version 1.83.7 — github.com (GitHub Security Advisories)

CISA required action CISA

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

US federal deadline: May 11, 2026 — passed 157 day(s) ago

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (BerriAI Litellm, Litellm Litellm, Pip Litellm).
Treat as emergency remediation: the CVE is in CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
Apply the fixed version or the patch documented under Remediation.
EPSS ahead of 93% of scored CVEs: prioritize it in the patch queue.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (injection), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
BerriAI	Litellm	version >= 1.81.16, < 1.83.7	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Litellm	Litellm	≥ 1.81.16 and < 1.83.7	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
Pip	Litellm	≥ 1.81.16 and < 1.83.7	Vulnerable	GitHub Security Advisories

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

Low

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
9.3	CVSS 4.0	Critical	—	—	security-advisories@github.com via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.3	CVSS 4.0	Critical	—	—	GitHub_M via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
9.8	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.9	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.8	CVSS 3.1	Critical	3.9	5.9	0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c via NIST National Vulnerability Database
9.8	CVSS 3.1	Critical	—	—	GitHub, Inc. via GitHub Security Advisories

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-89 · SQL Injection

Other CVEs with this weakness →

CISA KEV details CISA

CISA lists a CVE once it has evidence of exploitation against real targets.

Listed

May 8, 2026

Federal deadline

May 11, 2026

passed 157 day(s) ago

Ransomware use

Unknown

CISA records ransomware use only for campaigns it has confirmed, so “Unknown” means unrecorded, not ruled out. The deadline binds US federal agencies; for everyone else it is a reference date.

Public exploits, PoCs and detection templates

Public code that demonstrates or tests the flaw raises the odds of mass exploitation — and Nuclei templates help find vulnerable assets in your environment.

Detection templates (Nuclei)

LiteLLM - SQL Injection

Metasploit modules

BerriAI LiteLLM Proxy Pre-Auth SQL Injection Scanner normal Apr 20, 2026

Proofs of concept on GitHub

Scanner: CVE-2026-42208 LiteLLM SQL Injection — Python scanner for BerriAI LiteLLM proxy instances ★ 1 May 22, 2026
CVE-2026-42208 lab ★ 0 Apr 28, 2026
CVE-2026-40487 ★ 0 May 3, 2026
Threat intelligence brief on CVE-2026-42208, a critical pre-auth SQL injection in BerriAI LiteLLM exploited within 36 hours of disclosure. Covers attack path, detection opportunities, and recommended actions. ★ 0 May 10, 2026
rootdirective-sec/CVE-2026-42208-Lab ★ 0 May 10, 2026
HAERIN-L/poc_cve-2026-42208 ★ 0 May 30, 2026

Warning: public PoCs are sometimes disguised malware. Use them only for authorized testing in an isolated environment. This portal does not host exploit code — it only points to the sources.

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 12, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 3 reading(s) · max 5.77%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Look for parameters with command/query metacharacters and unexpected child processes of the service.
Hunt retroactively in logs from before May 8, 2026 (KEV listing): exploitation may have started earlier.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPSapplication logsendpoint telemetry (EDR)

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
Affected products added · pip/litellm
Oct 13, 2026 · GitHub Security Advisories
Fix documented
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Affected products added · litellm/litellm
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVSS changed · 9.3 → 9.8
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · Published → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
Affected products added · berriai/litellm
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS changed · 9.3
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Source status changed · → Published
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Added to CISA KEV (detected)
Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
CVE published
May 8, 2026 · GitHub_M
Added to CISA KEV catalog
May 7, 2026 · CISA

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

3× References added · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026
1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

11 on the record

github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc
x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Patch, Vendor Advisory, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi
Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/litellm/PYSEC-2026-391.yaml
GitHub Security Advisories
security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42208.json
Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc
GitHub Security Advisories
github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.7-stable
x_refsource_MISC, Product, Release Notes, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42208
Third Party Advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-42208
GitHub Security Advisories
pypi.org/project/litellm
GitHub Security Advisories
github.com/BerriAI/litellm
GitHub Security Advisories

Elsewhere on this site

BerriAI
every CVE for this vendor

2026-05
what else CISA listed that month

Injection
same class

CWE-89
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2026-108575 BerriAI LiteLLM Secret Resolution main.py get_secret improper authorization 4d
Medium CVE-2026-108574 BerriAI LiteLLM Spend Tracking spend_management_endpoints.py ui_view_session_spend_logs authorization 4d
High CVE-2026-59822 BerriAI LiteLLM Improper Authentication Vulnerability KEV Jul 8, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-59819 LiteLLM: Local file read via request-supplied OIDC file references Jul 8, 2026
Medium CVE-2026-59820 LiteLLM: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') Jul 8, 2026
High CVE-2026-59821 LiteLLM: Custom Code Guardrails production endpoints bypass code safety checks Jul 8, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-42208 is "BerriAI LiteLLM SQL Injection Vulnerability", rated Critical. It affects Litellm (BerriAI); versions are in the scope table. It is in CISA KEV: there is evidence of real-world exploitation. CVSS 9.8 describes technical severity. EPSS 5.77% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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