CVE-2026-42208

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-05-08. Federal remediation due 2026-05-11.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

89.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 99.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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:X

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-26.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-05-08 03:38Z5 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-07-15 00:58Z3 MO AGO

Reserved

2026-04-25

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3d95be0cc3497a9934d7d7e6b9ec3978697f2d59f9a6535d0ac2b4f28ab48eb8

• github.comhttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-r75f-5x8p-qvmcx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.83.7-stablex_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2026-42208government-resource
• access.redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-42208vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comRHBZ#2463965https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463965issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
• security.access.redhat.comhttps://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-42208.jsonx_sadp-csaf-vex