CVE-2026-108575
Description
A flaw was found in LiteLLM. A remote attacker can exploit improper authorization within the secret resolution mechanism by manipulating the api_key parameter. This vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authorization controls and potentially access protected secrets or resources.
Statement
A moderate-impact flaw was found in the LiteLLM (litellm) library, which Red Hat ships as a dependency in products including Red Hat OpenShift AI, Ansible Automation Platform (Lightspeed chatbot images), Lightspeed Core, and Red Hat Insights/Ansible Lightspeed services. The vulnerability lies in the get_secret function of LiteLLM's secret resolution mechanism (secret_managers/main.py): a remote attacker with valid API credentials can manipulate the api_key parameter to bypass authorization controls, potentially accessing secrets or other protected resources beyond what their credentials authorize. Red Hat rates this flaw as moderate severity, CVSS 6.3 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), reflecting that exploitation requires an authenticated account and has limited impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability; this differs from the CVEORG CVSS 4.0 assessment of 2.1 (low), which results from the CVSS 4.0 model's weighting of partial impact metrics. Because the impact is moderate with a CVSS score below 7.0, fixes for the affected in-support streams are deferred per Red Hat's moderate-severity handling, leaving the residual risk that an authenticated user could bypass secret-resolution authorization and retrieve protected secrets. The services-lightspeed-agent-google-cloud stream, which bundles litellm but is not within Red Hat's full support scope, is out of support scope for this flaw.
Mitigation
Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS scores for open source components depend on vendor-specific factors (e.g. version or build chain). Therefore, Red Hat's score and impact rating can be different from NVD and other vendors. Red Hat remains the authoritative CVE Naming Authority (CNA) source for its products and services (see Red Hat classifications).
The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 6.3 | N/A | 6.3 |
| Attack Vector | Network | N/A | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low | N/A | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low | N/A | Low |
| User Interaction | None | N/A | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | N/A | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low | N/A | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low | N/A | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low | N/A | Low |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:C
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Bypass Protection Mechanism
Access control checks for specific user data or functionality can be bypassed.
Access Control
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
Horizontal escalation of privilege is possible (one user can view/modify information of another user).
Access Control
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
Vertical escalation of privilege is possible if the user-controlled key is actually a flag that indicates administrator status, allowing the attacker to gain administrative access.
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