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title: "CVE-2024-5751: litellm vulnerable to remote code execution based on using eval unsafely"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2024-5751/
description: "CVE-2024-5751 (litellm (PyPI)): BerriAI/litellm version v1.35.8 contains a vulnerability where an attacker can achieve remote code execution. The…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2024-06-27
date_modified: 2025-10-15
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2024-5751"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00882
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2024-5751: litellm vulnerable to remote code execution based on using eval unsafely

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 0.9% , percentile 59: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (moderate). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes litellm (PyPI) < 1.40.16, fixed in 1.40.16 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

BerriAI/litellm version v1.35.8 contains a vulnerability where an attacker can achieve remote code execution. The vulnerability exists in the adddeployment function, which decodes and decrypts environment variables from base64 and assigns them to os.environ. An attacker can exploit this by sending a malicious payload to the /config/update endpoint, which is then processed and executed by the server when the getsecret function is triggered. This requires the server to use Google KMS and a database to store a model.

## Affected packages

- PyPI `litellm` < 1.40.16 → fixed: 1.40.16

## Affected products (CVE record)

- berriai berriai/litellm: unspecified <= latest

## Severity

- @huntr_ai CVSS 3.0: 9.8 `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.88% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 59.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-gppg-gqw8-wh9g](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gppg-gqw8-wh9g)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2024-5751](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5751)
- [NVD entry CVE-2024-5751](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5751)
- [huntr.com](https://huntr.com/bounties/ae623c2f-b64b-4245-9ed4-f13a0a5824ce)
- [github.com](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/4228)
- [github.com](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/fcea4c22ad96b24436f196ae709f71932e84b0b8)

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