CVE-2026-42208: Pre-Authentication SQL Injection in LiteLLM Proxy
bishopfox.com | vulnerability | Critical | Actively exploited | CVE-2026-42208 | #active-exploitation | #ai-security | #vulnerability-research | #sql-injection | #pre-auth | #litellm | #cve-2026-42208 | #ai-gateway
Summary
CVE-2026-42208 is a pre-auth SQL injection in LiteLLM proxy 1.81.16–1.83.6: a missing bind lets attackers run SQL on any LLM route, confirmed via pg_sleep timing; exploitation hit ~36 hours later.
- CVE
- CVE-2026-42208
- CVSS
- 9.8
- Published
- Collected
--- id: 3824 title: "CVE-2026-42208: Pre-Authentication SQL Injection in LiteLLM Proxy" cve: CVE-2026-42208 cvss: 9.8 severity: critical source_domain: bishopfox.com source_url: "https://bishopfox.com/blog/cve-2026-42208-pre-authentication-sql-injection-in-litellm-proxy" published_at: "2026-05-06 00:00" tags: ["active-exploitation", "ai-security", "vulnerability-research", "sql-injection", "pre-auth", "litellm", "cve-2026-42208", "ai-gateway"] phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/3824" lang: en --- # CVE-2026-42208: Pre-Authentication SQL Injection in LiteLLM Proxy ## Summary CVE-2026-42208 is a pre-auth SQL injection in LiteLLM proxy 1.81.16–1.83.6: a missing bind lets attackers run SQL on any LLM route, confirmed via pg_sleep timing; exploitation hit ~36 hours later. ## Intelligence Metadata - **Sources:** bishopfox.com - **CVE:** CVE-2026-42208 - **CVSS:** 9.8 - **Published:** 2026-05-06 00:00 - **Original:** https://bishopfox.com/blog/cve-2026-42208-pre-authentication-sql-injection-in-litellm-proxy - **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/3824