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LiteLLM gateway vulnerable to auth bypass, RCE; Qilin group linked

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A critical vulnerability in LiteLLM's Model Context Protocol (MCP) gateway, tracked as CVE-2026-59822, allowed attackers to bypass authentication with a single-character bearer token. This flaw, stemming from a "fail open" error handler, granted unauthorized access to connected tools and sensitive data. Attackers exploited this bypass in conjunction with a command-injection flaw (CVE-2026-42271) to execute arbitrary code, with some activity linked to the Qilin ransomware group. Additionally, a separate remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2026-59821) was discovered in LiteLLM's custom-guardrails feature, which allowed for command execution through crafted Python code. AI

IMPACT Critical vulnerabilities in LiteLLM could expose AI agent infrastructure and sensitive data, necessitating immediate patching for organizations using the tool.

RANK_REASON The cluster details security vulnerabilities in a widely used AI infrastructure tool, LiteLLM, which is not a frontier model release.

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LiteLLM gateway vulnerable to auth bypass, RCE; Qilin group linked

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  1. Towards AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Vortex 404 ·

    A One-Character Bearer Token Was Enough to Break Into LiteLLM’s MCP Gateway

    <h4><em>Wiz ran honeypots for 90 days and caught real attackers chaining an auth bypass straight into RCE and API-key theft</em></h4><h3>Overview</h3><p>Wiz Research spent 90 days running honeypots that mimicked real AI infrastructure — LiteLLM, Flowise, LangChain, Langflow, Chro…

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