CVE-2026-12771
Description
A flaw was found in BerriAI litellm. A remote attacker can exploit an improper authorization vulnerability within the M2M JWT Handler. This could allow unauthorized access, leading to a low impact on the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected resources.
Statement
A flaw was found in BerriAI litellm versions through 1.82.2, where the M2M JWT authentication handler in the proxy auth module applies admin-level authorization to all routes without the route-type restrictions present in the OAuth2 code path. Red Hat products that ship litellm use it as a library dependency for LLM API calls and do not deploy the LiteLLM Enterprise proxy with JWT authentication enabled. The vulnerable proxy auth code path is not present or not in the execute path in any shipped product. Additionally, 8 of 10 affected products ship litellm versions above 1.82.2 where this flaw is fixed.
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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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5 | 7.5 | 5 |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High | High | High |
| Privileges Required | Low | Low | Low |
| User Interaction | None | None | None |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low | High | Low |
| Integrity Impact | Low | High | Low |
| Availability Impact | Low | High | Low |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cve.org: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RC:R
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Confidentiality,Integrity,Availability,Access Control
Technical Impact: Modify Memory; Read Memory; Execute Unauthorized Code or Commands; Gain Privileges or Assume Identity; Bypass Protection Mechanism; Other
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