Bug 2498199 (CVE-2026-59822)

Summary: CVE-2026-59822 litellm: LiteLLM: Unauthorized access due to authentication bypass
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dschmidt, ebourniv, hasun, ilpinto, jlanda, jwong, kshier, ltomasbo, nyancey, omaciel, ptisnovs, sbunciak, simaishi, stcannon, teagle, ttakamiy, yguenane, ykashtan
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A flaw was found in LiteLLM, a proxy server designed for Large Language Model (LLM) APIs. An unauthenticated attacker could exploit a vulnerability in the MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint. By using a fabricated Authorization header, the attacker could bypass the standard key validation, gaining unauthorized access to the MCP tooling. This allows requests to be processed without a valid LiteLLM key, potentially leading to unauthorized operations.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 20:01:52 UTC
LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. Prior to 1.84.0, LiteLLM's MCP Streamable HTTP endpoint allowed an unauthenticated attacker to use a fabricated Authorization header to trigger an OAuth2 passthrough fallback path that replaced failed LiteLLM key validation with an empty UserAPIKeyAuth() object, allowing requests to reach MCP tooling without a valid LiteLLM key. This issue is fixed in version 1.84.0.