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SCA: security update for litellm (GHSA-5jmr-gcrj-2c9q)
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445189
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. Prior to
1.83.7-stable, LiteLLM Skills archive extraction did not sufficiently validate file paths from uploaded
skill ZIP archives, allowing an authenticated user with access to LiteLLM LLM API routes or a key whose
allowed_routes includes /v1/skills, anthropic_routes, or llm_api_routes to upload a crafted skill archive
containing path traversal entries that could be written outside the intended extraction or staging
directory. This issue is fixed in version 1.83.7-stable. (CVE-2026-59820)
Solution
Update the litellm library and its related packages to version 1.83.7 or later.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 445189
Version: Revision 1.1
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 7/23/2026
Updated: 7/23/2026
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.8
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Medium
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59820
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CVSS v4
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.1
Threat Score: 2.4
Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 7/22/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2026-59820
cwe: CWE-22