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LiteLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

as of Mar 20, 2025 · applies to litellm >= 1.40.3.dev2, <= 1.40.12 · canonical · codexguild.com/kb/ghsa-53gh-p8jc-7rg8 · exported 2026-10-11
Canonical as of Mar 20, 2025

LiteLLM Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE)

High severity. Affects litellm >= 1.40.3.dev2, <= 1.40.12. No patched version yet.

CVE-2024-6825 / GHSA-53gh-p8jc-7rg8 · severity: high · CVSS 8.8 · PyPI

Affected

  • litellm >= 1.40.3.dev2, <= 1.40.12 (no fix yet)

Details

BerriAI/litellm version 1.40.12 contains a vulnerability that allows remote code execution. The issue exists in the handling of the 'post_call_rules' configuration, where a callback function can be added. The provided value is split at the final '.' mark, with the last part considered the function name and the remaining part appended with the '.py' extension and imported. This allows an attacker to set a system method, such as 'os.system', as a callback, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands when a chat response is processed.

Source: GHSA-53gh-p8jc-7rg8 — GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0).