# CVE-2026-59823: LiteLLM: Server-side request forgery via the \`user\_config\` request parameter in LiteLLM Proxy

- Also known as: GHSA-HX8V-G79F-8W5F, PYSEC-2026-4070
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.83.9
- Published: 2026-09-16 · Updated: 2026-09-17

## Affected

- BerriAI litellm: fixed in 1.83.9
- litellm (PyPI): fixed in 1.83.9

## Description

LiteLLM is a proxy server (AI Gateway) to call LLM APIs in OpenAI (or native) format. Prior to 1.83.9, an authenticated LiteLLM Proxy caller with a valid virtual key can place api_base inside the user_config request body to bypass is_request_body_safe, which blocks top-level api_base and base_url but previously did not inspect or reject user_config. Because user_config constructs the outbound router, the nested destination redirects a server-side request to an internal or external host selected by the caller and can expose endpoints the caller cannot otherwise access. This issue is fixed in version 1.83.9.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on BerriAI litellm, litellm, upgrade to a fixed version (1.83.9) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/security/advisories/GHSA-hx8v-g79f-8w5f
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/25827
- https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/47214be317f45a2d2ac08258362e0481411eb427

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