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incidents/AIR-2026-0516

LiteLLM Releases Contain Credential Harvesting Malware

Attack on AI3 Confirmed exploitationSupply chain

Two versions of the litellm package on PyPI were uploaded containing credential harvesting malware following a dependency compromise. Users are advised to rotate all credentials exposed to the environment.

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Supply chain
    Malicious or backdoored models, poisoned packages, unsafe deserialization and other compromised AI dependencies.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
3 · Confirmed exploitation
Used against real targets; limited or unclear impact.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
litellm
incident date
25 Mar 2026
first reported
25 Mar 2026
origin
GitHub Advisory Database
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
supply_chain · malware · credential_harvesting
record
created 2026-10-18 07:00Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:14Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-03-25
    GHSA-5mg7-485q-xm76: Two LiteLLM versions published containing credential harvesting malware
    GitHub Advisory Database · github.com/advisories/GHSA-5mg7-485q-xm76

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