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CVE-2024-6825
Command Injection in litellm (CVE-2024-6825)
Summary
command injection in litellm (CVE-2024-6825). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2024-6825** has been found in litellm.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: ?/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "litellm CVE-2024-6825" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2024-6825 (litellm) — CWE-77 /
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-77) exists in litellm.
📍 Affected scope
litellm — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'litellm' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'litellm' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `litellm` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
litellm
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"1.40.3.dev2"},{"last_affected":"1.40.12"}]}]
References
- advisory https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6825
- advisory https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-53gh-p8jc-7rg8
- package https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm
- package https://pypi.org/project/litellm
- web https://github.com/berriai/litellm/commit/441c7275ed2715f47650a7c2e525055c804073a9
- web https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/blob/056913fd7049923a106130b02d7c29e7f312beec/litellm/utils.py#L2818
- web https://huntr.com/bounties/1d98bebb-6cf4-46c9-87c3-d3b1972973b5