{"id":285,"date":"2026-10-29T06:18:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:18:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/?p=285"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:18:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:18:59","slug":"litellm-file-read-flaw-could-expose-proxy-secrets-to-low-privilege-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/litellm-file-read-flaw-could-expose-proxy-secrets-to-low-privilege-users\/","title":{"rendered":"LiteLLM file-read flaw could expose proxy secrets to low-privilege users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A low-privilege account can still be dangerous when a proxy processes credentials on its behalf. A reviewed LiteLLM advisory describes a local-file read reachable by authenticated users, including the <code>internal_user_viewer<\/code> role.<\/p>\n<p>A request-body filter blocked one credential parameter but missed an alias. That gap allowed a credential-loading path to read files accessible to the LiteLLM process and send their contents to an attacker-controlled destination.<\/p>\n<p>Exposed environment data could include provider keys and the proxy master key, potentially enabling administrative access.<\/p>\n<h2>Remediation<\/h2>\n<p>The advisory lists versions below <code>1.95.0<\/code> as affected and <code>1.95.0<\/code> as patched. It reports no reliable configuration workaround for affected versions.<\/p>\n<p>When assessing exposure, check the deployed version and whether untrusted users could authenticate. A read-only role should not be assumed to protect host secrets from this flaw.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/advisories\/GHSA-g5ff-637f-6q2m\">Read advisory GHSA-g5ff-637f-6q2m<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An authenticated low-privilege user could access proxy-readable files. The advisory identifies 1.95.0 as the fixed release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bugskan_incident_id":"inc_b212df6597cd21","bugskan_event_type":"vulnerability","bugskan_response":"REVIEW","bugskan_technical_severity":"","bugskan_technical_severity_source":"","bugskan_evidence_quality":"high","bugskan_affected_scope":"litellm","bugskan_recommended_next_step":"Upgrade to 1.95.0 or a later supported release.","bugskan_who_should_check":"Operators of authenticated LiteLLM proxies below version 1.95.0.","bugskan_material_updated_at":"2026-10-27T15:32:36Z","bugskan_reviewer_name":"","bugskan_reviewed_at":"","bugskan_legacy_state":"mapped","bugskan_featured":false,"bugskan_sample":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"bugskan_format":[2],"bugskan_technology":[21],"class_list":["post-285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","bugskan_format-security-brief","bugskan_technology-litellm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":294,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285\/revisions\/294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"bugskan_format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bugskan_format?post=285"},{"taxonomy":"bugskan_technology","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugskan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bugskan_technology?post=285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}