CVE-2026-12799: berriai litellm Incorrect Privilege Assignment
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-12799 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in berriai litellm. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Timeline
- 21-06-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 22-06-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in BerriAI litellm up to 1.82.2. Affected by this issue is the function ui_view_users of the file litellm/proxy/management_endpoints/internal_user_endpoints.py of the component Incomplete Fix CVE-2025-0628. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure.
CVSS metrics
9 scores · 3 sources · 4 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- NVDNIST2.1LowCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XDiffers
- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST4.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- NVDNIST4.0MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.43%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
36%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.43% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 found3Ace22E33E468D0166Fe609C9Fdf4184
Maturity: poc
Exploit Reference (vuldb.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root cause- CWE-266Incorrect Privilege AssignmentA product incorrectly assigns a privilege to a particular actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.
- CWE-285Improper AuthorizationThe product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.
Affected systems
Berriai1 product
- litellm1.82.0 | 1.82.1 | 1.82.2
Litellm1 product
- litellm≤ 1.82.2
PyPI1 product
- litellm≤ 1.82.2
3 vendors · 3 products
References
9 links
- github.com/BerriAI/litellmPACKAGE
- pypi.org/project/litellmPACKAGE