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.
CVE-2026-12770
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.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- 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 computedSeverity88% × 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[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/23781GitHub - 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/Privilege Escalation in Key Management (/key/block and /key/unblock) allows internal_user to block Admin Keys · GitHub
https://gist.github.com/YLChen-007/993c68152b2c770d53590f1684c755d4Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-12770(1)
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