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CVE-2026-40217 (GCVE-0-2026-40217)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-04-10 13:43 – Updated: 2026-07-15 01:01
VLAI
Summary
LiteLLM through 2026-04-08 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via bytecode rewriting at the /guardrails/test_custom_code URI.
Severity
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-06-15 00:00 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-420 - Unprotected Alternate Channel
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BerriAI LiteLLM Affected: bb0639701796218a3447160e55c0f1097446e4e6085df7dfd39f476d4143743f (custom)
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Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Unaffected: 1780102732 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2.6::el9
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Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI 3.3 Unaffected: 1782310008 , < * (rpm)
    cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai:3.3::el9
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Red Hat Lightspeed Core     cpe:/a:redhat:lightspeed_core
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Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)     cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_ai
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  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.


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