CVE-2024-6825: berriai berriai/litellm Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6825 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Code Injection vulnerability in berriai berriai/litellm. EPSS estimates a 1.65% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 20-03-2025
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 15-10-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

BerriAI/litellm version 1.40.12 contains a vulnerability that allows remote code execution. The issue exists in the handling of the 'post_call_rules' configuration, where a callback function can be added. The provided value is split at the final '.' mark, with the last part considered the function name and the remaining part appended with the '.py' extension and imported. This allows an attacker to set a system method, such as 'os.system', as a callback, enabling the execution of arbitrary commands when a chat response is processed.

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.