CVE-2024-10188 Denial of Service in BerriAI/litellm
Unauthenticated attackers can crash the litellm server by sending malicious input parsed by ast.literal_eval, causing a denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-10188?
CVE-2024-10188 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in berriai/litellm, published on 20 Mar 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A vulnerability in BerriAI/litellm, as of commit 26c03c9, allows unauthenticated users to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) by exploiting the use of ast.literal_eval to parse user input. This function is not safe and is prone to DoS attacks, which can crash the litellm Python server.
Weakness: CWE-400
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10188?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including litellm.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
litellm PyPI | All versions | 1.53.1.dev1 |
litellm PyPI | All versions | 1.53.1.dev1 |
litellm PyPI | All versions | 1.53.1.dev1 |
How do I fix CVE-2024-10188?
Upgrade litellm to 1.53.1.dev1 or later.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2024-10188 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-10188 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gw2q-qw9j-rgv7, PYSEC-2026-1549.