berriai litellm Setting litellm.get_secret code injection

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A vulnerability was found in berriai litellm. It has been declared as critical. This impacts the function litellm.get_secret of the component Setting Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-4264. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in berriai litellm (version now known) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function litellm.get_secret of the component Setting Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the berriai/litellm project due to improper control of the generation of code when using the `eval` function unsafely in the `litellm.get_secret()` method. Specifically, when the server utilizes Google KMS, untrusted data is passed to the `eval` function without any sanitization. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by injecting malicious values into environment variables through the `/config/update` endpoint, which allows for the update of settings in `proxy_server_config.yaml`.

The advisory is available at huntr.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-4264 since 04/26/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/18/2024). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• berriai

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• litellm

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