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LiteLLM: Authenticated command execution via MCP stdio test endpoints

CVE-2026-42271

LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. From version 1.74.2 to before version 1.83.7, two endpoints used to preview an MCP server before saving it — POST /mcp-rest/test/connection and POST /mcp-rest/test/tools/list — accepted a full server configuration in the request body, including the command, args, and env fields used by the stdio transport. When called with a stdio configuration, the endpoints attempted to connect, which spawned the supplied command as a subprocess on the proxy host with the privileges of the proxy process. The endpoints were gated only by a valid proxy API key, with no role check. Any authenticated user — including holders of low-privilege internal-user keys — could therefore run arbitrary commands on the host. This issue has been patched in version 1.83.7.

CISA KEV Nuclei Template SSVC: Active Exploitation Injection
CVSS Base Score
8.7
HIGH
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Temporal Score:-
EPSS:80.19%

Threat Intelligence Signals

CISA KEV
YES
KEV Date Added
2026-06-08
Ransomware Use
Unknown
KEV Due Date
2026-06-22
VulnCheck In-the-Wild
No
Nuclei Template
YES
EPSS Score
80.188%
EPSS Percentile
99.6th pct
GitHub Severity
HIGH
SSVC Exploitation
Active
SSVC Automatable
No
Vulnerability Class
Injection

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Exploit DB ReferencesNone identified

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