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SCA: security update for litellm (GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmc)
critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 440809
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- 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. (CVE-2026-42208)
Solution
Update the litellm library and its related packages to version 1.83.7 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 440809
Version: Revision 1.11
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 4/24/2026
Updated: 7/10/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
Percentile: 99.7
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Critical
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 8.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-42208
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 9.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.3
Threat Score: 9.3
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/24/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/24/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-42208
cwe: CWE-89