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.
Fix
Public exploits 2
- HORKimhab/CVE-LiteLLM PoC on GitHub
- learner202649/CVE-2026-47101-PoC PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 4
- https://gist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827f Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/2220f3076ac89bd2a2e3439acf57dcfbec2434c9 Patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/5190bd07eb23a037745d86328096f54378f1614a Patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/d910a95661fce3cdd36f3b06c03ecf9c46c6457c Patch
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · litellmNVD modified 2026-10-08 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 1
cpe:2.3:a:litellm:litellm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 11
- https://gist.github.com/13ph03nix/9ec616e1fdc77b3673509c60206e827f Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/2220f3076ac89bd2a2e3439acf57dcfbec2434c9 Patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/5190bd07eb23a037745d86328096f54378f1614a Patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/d910a95661fce3cdd36f3b06c03ecf9c46c6457c Patch
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.14-stable Release Notes
- https://huntr.com/bounties/8e75edfb-ff05-4e63-bfca-2d93d03fb3b9 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.obsidiansecurity.com/blog/litellm-privilege-escalation-rce
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/litellm-privilege-escalation-via-api-key-generation Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-47101
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2480635
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-47101.json