Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessObtain valid LiteLLM API key (any role)
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DeliveryIdentify target key hashed token
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ExploitSend crafted POST to /key/block or /key/unblock
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ExecutionAuthorization check absent - request executes as admin operation
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ImpactTarget key blocked or budget limit modified
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization verification
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires a valid authenticated LiteLLM API key with at minimum standard user privileges - the CVSS 4.0 vector confirms PR:L (low-privilege authentication required). The attacker must have network access to the LiteLLM proxy management API. Three specific privileged operations are exploitable without admin authorization: (1) blocking any API key via POST |
| Impact | The official CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 significantly underrepresents real-world operational risk for multi-tenant LiteLLM deployments. The score is depressed by the low magnitude impact metrics (VI:L/VA:L/VC:N) and PR:L, but in a shared LiteLLM gateway serving multiple teams or organizations, an authenticated attacker can selectively disable competitors' API keys (availability disruption), restore suspended keys that administrators intentionally blocked (integrity violation of policy enforcement), or manipulate budget caps to either exhaust or inflate spending limits. The CVSS 4.0 threat metric E:P confirms a proof-of-concept exists, elevating urgency despite the low base score. No EPSS score was available in the provided intelligence; no CISA KEV listing exists, indicating exploitation is not yet confirmed as widespread. Risk is concentrated in SaaS-style or multi-tenant LiteLLM deployments; single-tenant instances with a small, fully trusted user base face substantially lower risk. The PR:L prerequisite is the primary limiting factor - an unauthenticated external attacker cannot exploit this without first obtaining a valid API key. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An authenticated LiteLLM user holding any standard (non-admin) API key identifies the hashed token of a target user's key - obtainable through normal API responses or shared deployment artifacts - and sends a crafted POST request to |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Jun 22, 2026
Improper authorization in BerriAI LiteLLM versions 1.63.0-1.63.1 allows any authenticated user - holding any valid API key regardless of role - to perform admin-restricted operations on other users' API keys, including blocking, unblocking, and modifying budget limits via the /key/block, /key/unblock, and /key/update endpoints. The root cause, confirmed by GitHub PR #23781, is the complete absence of access-control enforcement on these endpoints despite their admin-only documentation. A publicly available proof-of-concept exploit exists on GitHub; this vulnerability is not in the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
The upstream fix is available as GitHub PR #23781 (https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/23781), which adds the _check_key_admin_access() authorization guard to the /key/block, /key/unblock, and /key/update (max_budget) endpoints. A specific released patched version number has not been independently confirmed from available data - operators should monitor the BerriAI LiteLLM release feed and apply the first tagged release that incorporates PR #23781. As compensating controls prior to patching: restrict network access to the LiteLLM proxy management API to trusted administrator IP ranges using firewall or reverse-proxy ACLs (this limits exposure but may disrupt legitimate remote team-level key management workflows); alternatively, if the block/unblock functionality is not operationally required, disable those endpoints in the proxy configuration to eliminate that attack surface entirely. Budget-manipulation via /key/update cannot be blocked without disabling the broader update endpoint, which has wider operational impact.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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LiteLLM (CPE: cpe:2.3:a:berriai:litellm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*) is an open-source LLM proxy and API gateway implemented in Python using FastAPI. It manages API keys, per-key budget limits, and team/organization access controls through a management API layer. The vulnerable component is litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py, specifically the /key/block, /key/unblock endpoint handlers and the _validate_update_key_data function that processes max_budget updates. CWE-285 (Improper Authorization) describes the root cause precisely: these endpoints were designed and documented as admin-only operations, but no runtime authorization check was invoked before executing the privileged action. The PR #23781 fix introduces _check_key_admin_access(), which queries the database for the target key's team membership and then verifies the calling user holds one of three elevated roles - proxy admin, team admin for the key's team, or org admin for that team's organization - before allowing the operation to proceed.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
Network-accessible proxy requires authenticated API key (PR:L); no confidentiality impact since keys are not exposed, only blocked or budget-modified.
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CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB
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2DescriptionCVE.org
A vulnerability was determined in BerriAI litellm up to 1.63.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/key_management_endpoints.py of the component Admin Key Handler. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
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