Critical

Two LiteLLM versions published containing credential harvesting malware

  • Disclosed: 25.03.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 12:19

After an API Token exposure from an exploited trivy dependency, two new releases of litellm were uploaded to PyPI containing automatically activated malware, harvesting sensitive credentials and files, and exfiltrating to a remote API.

Anyone who has installed and run the project should assume any credentials available to litellm environment may have been exposed, and revoke/rotate thema ccordingly.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) litellm >= 1.82.7, <= 1.82.8 no fix

References

CVSS score -
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-506
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
litellm
Disclosed
25.03.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 12:19

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-5mg7-485q-xm76 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: litellm

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (42) in the archive
Total entries
42
First → latest
04.2024 09.2026
Without a fix
14
Exploited in attacks
3

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 7
  • High 17
  • Medium 8
  • Low 9
  • Unrated 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 8
  2. 2025: 6
  3. 2026: 28
Severity:
  1. High Exploited in attacks CVE-2026-59822 < 1.84.0 1.84.0
  2. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2026-49468 < 1.84.0 1.84.0
  3. High · 8.8 CVE-2026-40217 >= 1.81.8, < 1.83.10 1.83.10
  4. High · 8.8 Exploited in attacks CVE-2026-42271 >= 1.74.2, < 1.83.7 1.83.7
  5. Critical · 9.8 Exploited in attacks CVE-2026-42208 >= 1.81.16, < 1.83.7 1.83.7
  6. High CVE-2026-42203 >= 1.80.5, < 1.83.7 1.83.7
  7. Two LiteLLM versions published containing credential harvesting malware this entry
    Critical ghsa-5mg7-485q-xm76 >= 1.82.7, <= 1.82.8 no fix
  8. High · 8.1 CVE-2025-0628 < 1.61.15 1.61.15
  9. High · 7.5 CVE-2025-0330 <= 1.52.1 no fix
  10. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-9606 < 1.44.12 1.44.12
  11. High · 8.8 CVE-2024-6825 >= 1.40.3.dev2, <= 1.40.12 no fix
  12. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-10188 < 1.53.1.dev1 1.53.1.dev1
  13. High · 7.5 CVE-2024-6587 < 1.44.8 1.44.8
  14. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2024-5751 < 1.40.16 1.40.16
  15. High · 6.5 CVE-2024-4888 < 1.35.36 1.35.36
  16. High · 7.2 CVE-2024-4264 <= 1.28.11 no fix

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