# CVE-2026-41487: Langfuse: Improper role-based-access control in Langfuse LLM connection management allowed users of role “member” to retrieve stored LLM provider API keys

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.167.0
- Published: 2026-05-08 · Updated: 2026-05-08

## Affected

- langfuse: from 3.68.0, fixed in 3.167.0

## Description

Langfuse is an open source large language model engineering platform. From version 3.68.0 to before version 3.167.0, there is a role-based-access control flaw in the LLM connection update flow. An authenticated, low-privileged user of role “member” in a project could request the update of an existing LLM connection to an attacker-controlled baseUrl, causing Langfuse to reuse the stored provider secret and redirect the test request to an attacker-controlled endpoint. This could expose the plaintext provider LLM API key for that connection. The attack is only possible if a user is already part of a project and has “member” scoped access. This issue has been patched in version 3.167.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langfuse, upgrade to a fixed version (3.167.0) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/security/advisories/GHSA-2524-j966-gfgh
- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/13027
- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/pull/13055
- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/commit/7527bb0d84bc0a3dc24a4b16d22ed2e46e6dddff
- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/commit/e12386f9d4368bbfff24a4ad7fd53641091605ff
- https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse/releases/tag/v3.167.0

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