CVE-2026-12772BerriAI litellm PROXY_ADMIN database API Key Generator login_utils.py authenticate_user session expiration
- 5.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.40%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 65% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A security flaw has been discovered in BerriAI litellm up to 1.82.2. This impacts the function authenticate_user of the file litellm/proxy/auth/login_utils.py of the component PROXY_ADMIN database API Key Generator. Performing a manipulation results in session expiration. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been released to the public and may be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Public exploit
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Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium5.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Medium6.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Medium6.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 4.0 | Low2.1 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.3.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIlitellmGHSA-mf52-j94g-746m (opens in a new tab)
References
References5
- VDB-372514 | BerriAI litellm PROXY_ADMIN database API Key Generator login_utils.py authenticate_user session expiration (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-372514 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2026-12772 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #811281 | litellm <= 1.82.2 Insufficient Session Expiration (CWE-613) (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/39ed709ce322431658a05b951e91f278 (opens in a new tab)exploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-38138 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-mf52-j94g-746m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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