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LiteLLM: MCP Proxy Has Improper Authentication
Canonical as of Jun 21, 2026
LiteLLM: MCP Proxy Has Improper Authentication
Medium severity. Affects litellm < 1.84.0. Upgrade to 1.84.0 or later.
CVE-2026-12773 / GHSA-4jcj-7x88-m979 · severity: medium · CVSS 7.3 · PyPI
Affected
litellm< 1.84.0 → fixed in 1.84.0
Details
A weakness has been identified in BerriAI litellm up to 1.59.8. Affected is the function UserAPIKeyAuth of the file litellm/proxy/_experimental/mcp_server/auth/user_api_key_auth_mcp.py of the component MCP Proxy. Executing a manipulation can lead to improper authentication. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been made available to the public and could be used for attacks. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
Source: GHSA-4jcj-7x88-m979 — GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0).