LiteLLM < 1.83.14 Privilege Escalation via API Key Generation
41Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendcvss 8.7epss 0.7%
from disclosure to weapon4 days
Published on NVDMay 21
1st PoC+4d
exploitation probability
0.7%top 49% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
5 public exploit(s)
LiteLLM prior to 1.83.14 allows an authenticated internal_user to create API keys with access to routes that their role does not permit. When generating a key, the allowed_routes field is stored without verifying that the specified routes fall within the user's own permissions. A key created with access to admin-only routes can then be used to reach those routes successfully, bypassing the role-based access controls that would otherwise block the request, enabling full privilege escalation from internal_user to proxy_admin.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
BerriAI · litellmpublic PoCs found — 5
githubgithub.com/learner202649/CVE-2026-47101-PoC★ 0githubgithub.com/HORKimhab/CVE-LiteLLM★ 0cve_referencegist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827funverifiedcve_referencehuntr.com/bounties/8e75edfb-ff05-4e63-bfca-2d93d03fb3b9unverifiedcve_referencewww.obsidiansecurity.com/blog/litellm-privilege-escalation-rceunverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47101https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480635https://gist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827fhttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/2220f3076ac89bd2a2e3439acf57dcfbec2434c9https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/5190bd07eb23a037745d86328096f54378f1614ahttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/d910a95661fce3cdd36f3b06c03ecf9c46c6457chttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.14-stablehttps://huntr.com/bounties/8e75edfb-ff05-4e63-bfca-2d93d03fb3b9https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47101.jsonhttps://www.obsidiansecurity.com/blog/litellm-privilege-escalation-rcehttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/litellm-privilege-escalation-via-api-key-generation