CVE-2026-12770

HIGHNVD 8.88.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 8.8 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.6%, top 55% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory enrichment pending alignment with NVD CVSS.

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 1%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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. Patch name: 23781. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EG Risk
44(Track)
EG Risk 44/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
1%
EPSS %ILE
45%
KEV
Not listed

Published

June 21, 2026

Last Modified

June 24, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Jun 22, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr.
github_pr Patch Available

[Fix] Privilege Escalation on /key/block, /key/unblock, and /key/update max_budget

Patch available: BerriAI/litellm v1.88.0-rc.1 (PR #23781 merged 2026-03-16)

https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/23781
generic

GitHub - BerriAI/litellm: Python SDK, Proxy Server (AI Gateway) to call 100+ LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format, with cost tracking, guardrails, loadbalancing and logging. [Bedrock, Azure, OpenAI, VertexAI, Cohere, Anthropic, Sagemaker, HuggingFace, VLLM, NVIDIA NIM] · GitHub

https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/
generic

Privilege Escalation in Key Management (/key/block and /key/unblock) allows internal_user to block Admin Keys · GitHub

https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/993c68152b2c770d53590f1684c755d4

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12770(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 17× in last 7d / 94× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-12770?
CVE-2026-12770 is a high vulnerability published on June 21, 2026. A vulnerability was determined in BerriAI litellm up to 1.63.1. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file litellm/proxy/managementendpoints/keymanagement_endpoints.py of the component Admin Key Handler. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The attack can be initiated…
When was CVE-2026-12770 disclosed?
CVE-2026-12770 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 21, 2026, with the most recent update on June 24, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-12770 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-12770 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 55.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-12770?
CVE-2026-12770 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-12770?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-12770, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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