Cybersecurity
Hackers are exploiting a critical LiteLLM pre-auth SQLi flaw
Hackers are targeting sensitive information stored in the LiteLLM open-source large-language model (LLM) gateway by exploiting a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42208.
Summary
Hackers are targeting sensitive information stored in the LiteLLM open-source large-language model (LLM) gateway by exploiting a critical vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-42208. The flaw is an SQL injection issue that occurs during LiteLLM's proxy API key verification step. An attacker can exploit it without authentication by sending a specially crafted Authorization header to any LLM API route.
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