CVE-2026-47101LiteLLM < 1.83.14 Privilege Escalation via API Key Generation
- 8.7HighCVSS base score
- 1.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 32% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 3 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits3
References tagged exploit3 references
- https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/blog/litellm-privilege-escalation-rce (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploit
- https://gist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827f (opens in a new tab)exploittechnical-description
- https://huntr.com/bounties/8e75edfb-ff05-4e63-bfca-2d93d03fb3b9 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
Timeline
ID reserved
By VulnCheck
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Record updated
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.7 | 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 |
| VulnCheckCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| redhat-SADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | High8.7 | 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/E:X/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)
- 1.2% · top 32% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.7.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIlitellmGHSA-qrc4-49gv-mv9m (opens in a new tab)
References
References11
- https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/blog/litellm-privilege-escalation-rce (opens in a new tab)technical-descriptionexploit
- https://gist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827f (opens in a new tab)exploittechnical-description
- https://huntr.com/bounties/8e75edfb-ff05-4e63-bfca-2d93d03fb3b9 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryexploit
- litellm 1.83.14-stable Release Notes (opens in a new tab)release-notes
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/d910a95661fce3cdd36f3b06c03ecf9c46c6457c (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/2220f3076ac89bd2a2e3439acf57dcfbec2434c9 (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/5190bd07eb23a037745d86328096f54378f1614a (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/litellm-privilege-escalation-via-api-key-generation (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47101 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2480635 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47101.json (opens in a new tab)x_sadp-csaf-vex
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-2026-31346 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-qrc4-49gv-mv9m (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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